In the 32nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool was forced to draw by the Red Devils at Old Trafford at the Theatre of Dreams, losing the top spot in the Premier League standings, but they still retain the possibility of hitting the treble, this match day, as the biggest favorite for the Europa League Liverpool, sat at home at Anfield Stadium to face the visiting true blue and black Atalanta, the latter is only sixth in the overall strength of Serie A, and the last two games were lost to Fiorentina and Cagliari, both team strength and competitive state, and Liverpool is not at the same level, winning at home to grasp the initiative to advanceAfter the game started, Liverpool also got a lot of opportunities to score, but unfortunately they were wasted by attacking players, and Atalanta's efficiency was significantly higher, and finally with Scamacca's brace and Pasaric's goal, 3-0 bloodshed Liverpool, breaking the latter's unbeaten home game this season!
Due to this season's Premier League title drama, has entered the white-hot stage, Klopp did not choose to play this game with all the main force, in the 4-3-3 system, let Kelleher continue to start the goal, Tsimikas, Van Dijk, Konate and Gomez formed a back four, in the midfield, Endo in the middle, Jones and McAllister on the flanks, Nunez, Gakpo and Elliott formed the attacking trident.
As the referee's whistle blew, the two teams entered a hand-to-hand battle at Anfield, and Atalanta, who were playing away, had a great chance to open the scoring in the second minute, but Pasalic's close-range shot was blocked by Kelleher with his face.
1 minute later, Nunez dribbled into the Atalanta penalty area, and then the small-angle shot was saved by the away goalkeeper, and in the 15th minute, Nunez got another good chance to score, but unfortunately the single chance was not grasped, and the shot went directly out of the bottom line, and in the 26th minute, Elliott's pocket shot in the box hit the goal frame, and Liverpool once again missed the goal.
Liverpool, who continued to waste chances, lost the goal in the 38th minute, Zappacosta made an inverted triangle pass down the right side, and Scamacca who followed up in the middle did not stop the ball and pushed it directly to help Atalanta take a 1-0 lead at Anfield.
In order to avoid losing at home, Klopp replaced Salah, Szobosloy and Robertson in the second half, wanting to tie the score as soon as possible, pressing the attack aggressively, and also giving Atalanta more space to counterattack, in the 60th minute, the away team played a side-center combination, De Ketrella sent a cross from the right, and the outflanked Scamacca in front of the goal pushed and made a contribution to help the true blue and black rewrite the score to 2-0.
Although in the following time, the state of the whole Liverpool team has improved to a certain extent, and it has also created a lot of pressure on Atalanta's backline, although Salah scored a goal, it was canceled because of offside, and in the last moments of the game, Passarić counterattacked and made a supplementary goal, and the score was fixed at 3-0!
After Liverpool drew Atalanta in the Europa League, the vast majority of fans thought they were very lucky and met the gift package, but Klopp's carelessness turned the gift package into a dynamite package, and Atalanta, who was not favored before the game, conquered Anfield Stadium, allowing Liverpool to swallow the first defeat of the season, and Klopp's team was also defeated in the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League!