Liverpool suffered a painful and heavy defeat this Thursday against Atalanta in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa League, 0-3, at Anfield.
It was a very hard blow for those led by Jurgen Klopp, who will now have to overcome this result as visitors in Italy if they want to continue ahead in the European tournament, in which they are favorites.
The Colombian Luis Diaz He was a substitute, on an alternate Liverpool roster, which is also thinking about the fight in the Premier League. Lucho came on in the 60th minute but had very few opportunities to stand out.
A defeat for the 'Reds' fans to put their hands on their heads and for many of them to leave Anfield several minutes before the end of the match.
Liverpool vs. Atalanta.
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A rarity, explained by the 0-3 that the Italians took against all odds against England and that began after Darwin Núñez missed a one-on-one against Juan Mussi and Atalanta's goal catharsis was awakened.
Gianluca Scamaccaan old acquaintance from the Premier League who did not succeed at West Ham United, opened the scoring account by finishing off a back pass from Davide Zappacosta, another one who left a lot to be desired in London, in this case at Chelsea.
The goal had a lot of responsibility on Kelleher, who, to be honest, swallowed it. It was a total surprise, because Liverpool were the big favorites and because they had not lost at Anfield for more than a year, but, in the second half, the bill did not stop growing for the English, again under the name of Scamacca .
The Italian striker, completely alone and as if success was not his, finished a cross from Charles De Ketelare into the net. He almost didn't even celebrate it, fueling the hatred of an Anfield that couldn't believe what they had in front of them.
Atalanta, a priori an inferior rival, was 0-2 up on the scoreboard. And there was still the last blow. The one that came in the last ten minutes when Mario Pasalic pushed a bad clearance by Kelleher into the net. The Irishman left a lot to be desired and had his worst night to leave Liverpool's options reduced to practically zero.
It was, with little doubt, the worst European night for the 'Reds' since Jürgen Klopp arrived in 2015. It leaves them waiting for a miracle in Italy to advance to the semi-finals, for a comeback similar to the one achieved in 2018 against Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
On that May night, they had the advantage of playing at Anfield, this time, they will have to do it in enemy territory. The most difficult yet to try to fire Klopp in the best possible way.
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