Wenger fumes over Liverpool equaliser

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit out over Liverpool's late equaliser which handed arch-rivals Manchester United a Premiership title lifeline.

A last-minute equaliser from Emile Heskey secured an unlikely point for Gerard Houllier's side and denied Arsenal what could have been a decisive edge in the championship tussle.

The point leaves the Gunners five points clear at the top of table.

But Wenger claimed an unjust corner in the dying seconds was to blame for the 2-2 draw.

Goals from Robert Pires and Dennis Bergkamp had given Arsenal control of a thrilling match, with John Arne Riise grabbing an earlier Liverpool equaliser.

The Gunners were heading for victory until a challenge between Milan Baros and Oleg Luzhny ended with referee Mark Halsey awarding Liverpool a contentious corner.

That flag kick was only half cleared to Steven Gerrard, who set up Salif Diao for the cross that saw Emile Heskey head a last-gasp equaliser.

It was not a corner, never, but what can you do about decisions like that," Wenger said.

"It didn't help us, but in the end we had the chance to defend the corner but we didn't. And then we didn't defend the cross for Heskey to score.

"We did 90 percent of the job but didn't finish the way we should have. But a point here is still good, it was frustrating for us but not too bad with a draw in the end."