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A lacklustre Liverpool Side made a terrible start to their Europa League Quarterfinals as they lose 3-0 The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us: Atalanta In the first match at Anfield.
Early on, the visitors were almost ahead of everyone else when it came to finding Mario Pašalić Inside the box only to have the rush of onrushing people deny it Caoimhín Kelleher.
Darwin Núñez The Reds should have been ahead after he unlocked the space. Curtis JonesBut the Uruguay The finish of the international was off-target.
La Dea’s The man-marking method continued to be a problem for Liverpool and finally they got their reward when in the 38th minutes, Davide ZappacostaCross of’s found Gianluca ScamaccaKelleher’s hand redirected the ball into his own net. Moments later, the Liverpool goalkeeper saved his team from going into halftime 2-0 behind.
Second half, the hosts showed some signs of life. Mohamed SalahAs part of the triple substitution, he forced Atalanta’s goalkeeper to make a save. Juan Musso before Núñez couldn’t redeem himself for his earlier miss when hitting off target again.
Scamacca picked up his second goal with ease, despite the fact that there was no defender in front of him. Salah was marginally offside which saw his effort ruled out, and things got even worse for Liverpool when Pašalić secured a three-goal advantage for Atalanta heading into the second leg.
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Positives
Cody Gakpo It was one of the best performances he has had in recent weeks. Reds fans also received a warm welcome from the Reds’ own returning players. Diogo JotaThe future of the company will depend on.
Negatives
Liverpool have an uphill battle in the next leg. Atalanta had one of their worst seasons in the trip to Anfield that was a breeze. The Serie A The chances that both sides took were worth the victory.
Manager Rating (out of 10).
Jürgen Klopp, 6 — Jurgen Klipp, not satisfied with his first-half team’s performance, made three substitutions at the half. He did make some changes, which led to more opportunities being created. However, he felt let down by the poor overall performance.
Player ratings (1-10; 10 = best)
GK Caoimhin Kelleher, 5 — You can also find out more about the following: Republic of Ireland The defence of the international let him down. He could have scored better on the goal he assisted, but it would have been worse without him.
DF Kostas Tsimikas, 4 — Tsimikas often found himself too high in the air, but it was on his side that Atalanta had two good chances to score. At halftime, Tsimikas was replaced by Andy Robertson.
DF Ibrahima Konaté, 3 — Atalanta used a strict system of man marking to stop Liverpool from gaining possession. Scamacca seemed to be a constant threat.
DF Virgil van Dijk, 3 — Stood away from Zappacosta, which enabled him to pass the ball to Scamacca to score the first goal. Also appeared to be the one who put him in for his second goal. Liverpool had to improve their organization on the evening.
DF Joe Gomez, 3 — Both Gomez and Konaté didn’t seem to be in sync with each other at times, with a big gap left for Atalanta’s second. He was forced to move forward in order to chase down the ball, but he could only manage a few wasteful attempts from distance.
You can also find out more about MF Wataru endo, 5 — The player struggled with the break-up of play, getting a grip on the game and could have done better in moving the ball.
You can also find out more about MF Alexis Mac Allister, 5 — Mac Allister played a simple game in the middle against Atalanta’s difficult set-up. However, he was not as effective as in previous weeks.
You can also find out more about MF Curtis Jones, 6 — Another important 45 minutes for Jones who is coming back from injury, and he was unlucky not to get an assist after Núñez didn’t finish his incisive pass.
You can also find out more about FW Cody Gakpo, 8 — It is important to note that the word “you” means a person. Netherlands The international, who was a standout in Liverpool’s attack when he ran directly after the ball from the left side of the pitch. Intelligent play in the second half saw him set up Salah and then Núñez in the space of two minutes. Five key passes were made by him at the end of the match.
You can also find out more about FW Darwin Núñez, 4 — The night was not a good one for Liverpool’s forward, starting with the way he wasted his first opportunity of the match. In the second period, he had another chance to score but missed.
You can also find out more about FW Harvey Elliott, 6 –He was unlucky when his first-half effort, which was well struck and hit the underside of the crossbar as well as the inner side of the goal post. Klopp replaced him at the halftime break.
Substitutes
Andy Robertson (Tsimikas, 46′) 6 — You can also find out more about the following: Scotland Gakpo and International played some excellent link-ups.
Mohamed Salah (Elliott, 46′) 6 — Musso, the Atalanta goalkeeper Musso made a great save in the 55th minutes at the near-post. After connecting to Robertson’s cross, his attempt was ruled out for a marginal offside.
Dominik Szoboszlai (Jones, 46′) 5 — Szoboszlai stretched the play with direct runs in front of the defense, but didn’t get the chance to touch the ball at any risky areas.
Luis Díaz (Núñez, 59′) 5 — The ball was driven forward from the central area but his last ball let him down.
Diogo Jota (Endo, 76′) N/R Almost scored a penalty seconds after being introduced. It looked like he was the only one who picked up on the intelligent areas in the box.
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