Extra-time upsets Arsene Wenger after Liverpool draw

The Gunners - now six point points behind leaders Manchester United having played the same games - again had plenty of possession and hit the bar in the first half through Laurent Koscielny.

However, just like in the previous two home draws with Sunderland and Blackburn, Arsenal were also lacking a cutting edge in attack.

Then deep into eight minutes of added time, after Reds skipper Jamie Carragher had been knocked out and carried off on a stretcher, Robin van Persie crashed home a penalty which looked to have sealed a much-needed victory.

Liverpool, though, snatched a point with the final kick of the match after Emmanuel Eboue pushed Lucas Leiva.

Wenger must now lift his battle-weary squad for Wednesday night's north-London derby at Tottenham, when he will be hoping for better fortune.

"We conceded a penalty after 11 minutes when the referee said there was eight minutes of injury time. I don't see where those three minutes came from and it was no penalty," lamented the Gunners boss, who confronted referee Andre Marriner and his assistants as they left the pitch.

"We have been badly done in the two games here. Against Sunderland we scored a regular goal and were not given a penalty that was 100%, then today we got caught back like that.

"It is a period where we have not the biggest luck, that's for sure."

Wenger continued: "We dropped two points. It was a difficult game against a Liverpool team who basically only defended.

"Maybe we are a bit jaded physically. You could see that some players have played 45 minutes and maybe we lack a change of pace, but we tried very hard. The players are very disappointed. Who wouldn't be?

"It is about us winning our games. The hope is always there but, to keep the hope alive, it is up to us to win our games and to win our next game. We are on a 15-game unbeaten run, but recently we have not taken enough points.

"Now we must give everything until the last game of the season and see if it is our year or not."