After a series of ups and downs last week, Liverpool lost their place at the top of the Premier League with a late draw with Manchester United. The Reds then moved to the Europa League knockout round of 8 to face Atalanta, Scamacca scored twice, Pasalic sealed the win, and Liverpool suffered a 0-3 defeat at home, and the promotion situation was in jeopardy.
Atalanta has recently suffered two consecutive defeats in the league and gradually lost the initiative to qualify for the Champions League, and the Europa League has naturally become the target of the "true blue and black". Jurgen Klopp still made some adjustments in this game, Salah and Robertson were temporarily on the bench, Gakpo, Elliott and Nunez joined forces in the attack, Jones, Endo and McAllister formed a midfield combination, Tsimikas, Konat, Van Dijk and Gomez built the backline, and Kelleher continued to guard the goal.
After the game started, Atalanta took the lead in creating a threat, in the 2nd minute, Pasalic volleyed from close range, Kelleher blocked the ball with his face in front of the goal; 1 minute later, Nunez advanced to the left side of the penalty area and volleyed at a small angle, Musso saved the ball; in the 15th minute, Elliott sent a straight stopper, Nunez kicked off from an offside position; In the 26th minute, Tsimikas sent a set-piece to the penalty area and was cleared, and Elliott hit the far corner of the goal with a two-point shot and popped up!
In the last double red game, Liverpool created a lot of shooting opportunities and was once reversed by Manchester United, and the Reds also fell into this situation in this game, wasting opportunities one after another and being punished. In the 38th minute, there was a large gap in Liverpool's left defense, Zappacosta easily advanced and knocked on the ball with the ball, and Scamacca pushed the first goal, 0:1! Liverpool conceded a goal at home.
Back in the second half, Klopp immediately replaced Salah, Robertson and Szobosloy to strengthen the attack, in the 54th minute, Nunez broke the ball and counterattacked, Salah got rid of the strong shot in the penalty area, Musso tried to keep the goal from losing; 3 minutes later, Salah cut a pass, Nunez's header in front of the goal was defused by Musso; in the 60th minute, De Ketelaere received a cross from his teammates on the right side, and Scamacca scored a brace with no one in the penalty area, 0:2! Atalanta came back in the second half and the first shot penetrated the Liverpool goal again.
In the 78th minute, Robertson received the ball diagonally in front of the ribs, Salah outflanked and pushed the goal at the back post, Klopp also raised his arms and shouted off the field, but unfortunately the linesman raised the flag to signal offside, and the goal was invalid;
In the end, Liverpool lost 0:3 at home, and the 33-game unbeaten streak at home across the season was broken.