Liverpool vs Atalanta LIVE: Europa League result and reaction as hosts crash to shock 3-0 defeat
The Reds hope to take control of their quarter-final tie when they take on the Serie A side at Anfield.
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Liverpool host Atalanta in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie at Anfield this evening. Jurgen Klopp’s farewell tour continues with the Reds having dipped into second place in the Premier League following a 2-2 draw with Manchester United at the weekend.
Now, Liverpool are tasked with excelling in Europe’s second competition where they are one of the favourites to win the trophy after a strong group stage. The Reds won four of their six matches and finished top of Group E setting up a round of 16 clash with Sparta Prague.
The Czech side were no match for Klopp’s positive side and slumped to an 11-2 aggregate defeat over the two legs with Liverpool netting six at Anfield back in March. If they can replicate those performances Liverpool have the chance to put one foot in the semi-finals when they take on Atalanta tonight. The Italian side sit in sixth in Serie A having won just two of their last nine games.
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Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
58 mins: Konate does well to keep the ball away from Scamacca, and eventually he wins the foul.
Darwin Nunez, who’s had one of his worse nights overall, comes off for Luis Diaz.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
57 mins: Liverpool are dominating now. Salah plays an inviting clipped ball in from the right but Nunez can’t get enough on it.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
56 mins: Now Robertson and Gakpo do well down the left and the latter lays it off to Nunez, but the Uruguayan scoops his shot over the bar.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
54 mins: Great chance! Nunez doesn’t give up and wins the ball right on the line. He lays it off to Salah, whose first shot is blocked – his second is parried away by Musso!
From the corner, Musso collects a weak header.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
53 mins: Atalanta win a cheap free-kick in a very dangerous position right on the edge of the box as Endo hits it with his arm. There’s a VAR check but no penalty.
Koopmeiners drives it straight at Kelleher.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
51 mins: The corner is a good one and it’s met by van Dijk, but it comes off the side of his head and goes wide.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
50 mins: Gomez plays Nunez in down the right but his cross is weak. Liverpool build again and Mac Alliater slides it through to Robertson, who wins a corner.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
48 mins: Kelleher goes long again but it’s almost fruitful as it runs to the Atalanta box, but Musso clears.
Liverpool have a corner but Szoboszlai’s ball in is too deep, as is Robertson’s follow-up cross.
Liverpool 0-1 Atalanta
46 mins: Jurgen Klopp is smiling as his side lose possession in their own half cheaply. Atalanta almost work a chance as it falls to Koopmeiners again, but Liverpool clear.
KICK-OFF!
KICK-OFF! Liverpool get us underway in the second half. Regarding subs, Klopp has actually made a triple change at half-time!
Salah, Robertson and Szoboszlai have come on for Elliott, Tsimikas and Jones.
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