To be honest, there’s nothing good to say about this performance,” coach Jurgen Klopp said after Liverpool lost heavily to Atalanta with a score of 0-3 in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals right away. at home at Anfield.
Former West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca scored twice for the away team with goals in the 38th and 60th minutes of the match. In the 83rd minute, Mario Pasalic sealed the victory 3-0 final result for Atalanta and made coach Jurgen Klopp and his team’s door to continue to the semi-finals very narrow.
In this match, Liverpool players unfortunately missed many opportunities to score. Before the away team increased the score to 3-0, striker Mohamed Salah put the ball into Atalanta’s net but was denied by the referee due to offside.
In addition, midfielder Joe Gomez had a shot. hit the crossbar from close range after a very favorable pass from his teammate.
This defeat marked Liverpool’s first defeat at home at Anfield since February last year. Since the loss to Real Madrid in the 1/8 round Champions League 2023 Liverpool has gone through 33 home matches without tasting defeat.
‘I didn’t think they would play that badly’. A lot of players looked really lonely in many moments. That’s really bad. In the end we had our biggest chances but didn’t take them.
We started well and we were probably unlucky as Harvey hit the crossbar and was within range. that time we deserved to lead 1-0. Darwin Nunez’s chance was another good moment so that was really good.
But from one particular moment it became a really bad match and there was nothing positive to say talk about this performance. I don’t like our possession discipline. We are everywhere but in the end it means nothing.” Coach Klopp expressed his disappointment after the loss.
However, the German strategist and his students must quickly forget away from the loss against Atalanta to focus on the arena Premier League this weekend.
The “Red Brigade” will welcome Crystal Palace at home at Anfield in round 33 of the Premier League (April 14). 4) with the goal of winning to be able to compete for the championship with Arsenal and Man City.
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