Luiz Felipe Scolari has accused Mike Riley of ending Chelsea’s title hopes by wrongfully sending off Frank Lampard.

The Blues boss called for the referee to view the tape of Lampard's 60^th minute challenge on Xabi Alonso and rescind his red card.

However, Scolari admitted that fullback Jose Bosingwa should have been given his marching orders for kicking Yossi Benayoun in the back. He also revealed that the loss has all but ruled out Chelsea from the BPL title race.

The Blues are now third in the table, five points behind Manchester United, who have a game in hand.

"I have not spoken to the referee, but I hope he will perhaps look at a video of the incident and say in his report he made a mistake," Scolari said. "It was a foul by Alonso, not Lampard, so I just cannot understand the decision. If it is not overturned, Lampard has to miss three games because of a mistake and that cannot be right."

"It changed the game one million per cent, because they had so much more of the ball after that and created more. I would have accepted a red for Bosingwa but not Lampard," said the Brazilian. "'Whatever happens, we cannot change the result or its effect on our title chances. We will fight to the end but it is more distant for us now."

Lampard and Alonso have had their battles before, but the Chelsea midfield maestro is adamant he goes for the ball all the time.

"I had no intention of injuring the player. It was obvious I touched the ball and there is no way it was a red card offence."

Striker Fernando Torres scored for the first time since last October, evading Alex to head the ball past Petr Cech in the 89^th minute for his first, and getting an easy tap-in for his second. Liverpool are currently two points behind Manchester United in the BPL table.

"We knew that this was a massive game. Every player knew that. From the beginning until the very end, we worked really hard with intensity and determination. We are very happy with the 2-0 scoreline," said Torres. "We know that games in England, more than any other league, go for 90 minutes and you can score in any minute and you have to keep going until the end."

"It is a long race. We know that Manchester United are top of the table but we are going to fight with them until the end," continued the Spain international. "Chelsea had one player less so they needed to defend. A draw was good for them but we needed to win. Once we had one extra player we kept creating more chances."

"It has brought back some belief and confidence. These were my first two goals since coming back from injury. I have scored at home for the first time this season and to do that against Chelsea was fantastic."

Liverpool's owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were at the game, and had to endure vicious chants from club supporters outside Anfield after the game.

Gillett was also harassed outside Liverpool's Marriott Hotel after leaving Anfield earlier on Sunday and the pressure could force the owners to wash their hands off the club.

The duo are in talks with Reds manager Rafael Benitez over a contract extension, and will also be in negotiations with Nasser al-Kharafi after a member of the Kuwaiti billionaire's family attended the match as a guest of Hicks.