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Liverpool’s Europa League hopes ended by Atalanta

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool scores a penalty against Atalanta in the Europa League quarter-final second leg

Liverpool’s hopes of ending Jurgen Klopp’s reign with a European trophy are over after they failed to overturn a first-leg deficit against Atalanta.

The Reds travelled to Italy on the back of a 3-0 defeat at Anfield last Thursday and, despite controlling the game for the large periods, could not find the required goals and lost 3-1 on aggregate.

Mohamed Salah’s seventh-minute penalty, after a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross was handled, gave them hope.

As the first half drew to a close, the Egypt forward lofted well wide when put through one-on-one, but Klopp’s side struggled to create meaningful openings in the second period.

It marks the end of a difficult 12 days for the Reds, who drew at Manchester United and lost at home to Crystal Palace to surrender their lead at the top of the Premier League.

Attention will now turn back to the title race with Liverpool sitting third behind second-placed Arsenal and two points off leaders Manchester City.

The league now represents their final chance to give Klopp a fairytale ending to his eight-and-a-half years on Merseyside and add to their success in the Carabao Cup in February.

More to follow.

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Atalanta

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameMusso

    Average rating

    5.81

  2. Squad number19Player nameDjimsiti

    Average rating

    5.98

  3. Squad number4Player nameHien

    Average rating

    5.95

  4. Squad number23Player nameKolasinac

    Average rating

    5.98

  5. Squad number77Player nameZappacosta

    Average rating

    6.03

  6. Squad number13Player nameÉderson

    Average rating

    6.06

  7. Squad number15Player namede Roon

    Average rating

    6.01

  8. Squad number22Player nameRuggeri

    Average rating

    5.96

  9. Squad number7Player nameKoopmeiners

    Average rating

    6.01

  10. Squad number59Player nameAl Miranchuk

    Average rating

    5.95

  11. Squad number90Player nameScamacca

    Average rating

    6.03

Substitutes

  1. Squad number8Player namePasalic

    Average rating

    6.99

  2. Squad number11Player nameLookman

    Average rating

    7.26

  3. Squad number17Player nameDe Ketelaere

    Average rating

    6.98

Liverpool

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameAlisson
    Average rating

    6.07

  2. Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
    Average rating

    6.00

  3. Squad number5Player nameKonaté
    Average rating

    5.72

  4. Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
    Average rating

    5.72

  5. Squad number26Player nameRobertson
    Average rating

    5.91

  6. Squad number8Player nameSzoboszlai
    Average rating

    5.61

  7. Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
    Average rating

    6.04

  8. Squad number17Player nameJones
    Average rating

    5.33

  9. Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
    Average rating

    5.39

  10. Squad number18Player nameGakpo
    Average rating

    5.68

  11. Squad number7Player nameDíaz
    Average rating

    5.75

Substitutes

  1. Squad number2Player nameGomez
    Average rating

    4.28

  2. Squad number9Player nameNúñez
    Average rating

    4.18

  3. Squad number19Player nameElliott
    Average rating

    4.41

  4. Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
    Average rating

    4.53

  5. Squad number76Player nameDanns
    Average rating

    4.24

Line-ups

Atalanta

Formation 3-4-1-2

  • 1Musso
  • 19Djimsiti
  • 4HienBooked at 43mins
  • 23Kolasinac
  • 77ZappacostaBooked at 90mins
  • 13dos Santos Lourenco da SilvaSubstituted forPasalicat 75′minutes
  • 15de Roon
  • 22Ruggeri
  • 7KoopmeinersBooked at 77mins
  • 59Al MiranchukSubstituted forLookmanat 79′minutes
  • 90ScamaccaSubstituted forDe Ketelaereat 75′minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Tolói
  • 3Holm
  • 8Pasalic
  • 10Touré
  • 11Lookman
  • 17De Ketelaere
  • 20Bakker
  • 25Adopo
  • 29Carnesecchi
  • 31Rossi
  • 33Hateboer
  • 43Bonfanti

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Alisson
  • 66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forGomezat 72′minutes
  • 5Konaté
  • 4van Dijk
  • 26RobertsonSubstituted forDannsat 79′minutes
  • 8SzoboszlaiSubstituted forElliottat 67′minutes
  • 10Mac Allister
  • 17Jones
  • 11SalahSubstituted forNúñezat 66′minutes
  • 18Gakpo
  • 7DíazBooked at 43minsSubstituted forJotaat 66′minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Gomez
  • 3Endo
  • 9Núñez
  • 13Adrián
  • 19Elliott
  • 20Jota
  • 21Tsimikas
  • 38Gravenberch
  • 42Clark
  • 62Kelleher
  • 76Danns
  • 78Quansah

Referee:
François Letexier

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Match ends, Atalanta 0, Liverpool 1.