UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[execijutiere]

Bayer Leverkusen, as expected, defeated West Ham 2-0 and managed to get an important win for the round.Leverkusen, who did not even give their opponent the opportunity to play, certainly had more chances to score more goals in the match.West ham had 1 shot during the match while Bayer Leverkusen had 33 shots.The fact that this match resulted in 2 goals shows us how strange this statistic is. It was a pity for Leverkusen that they couldn't make the difference 4 or 5 despite dominating the match so much.It was obvious from the beginning that Leverkusen would be the side to go through, but it is not logically expected that there would be so much difference between the 2 teams.Leverkusen will focus on this now that they have opened the gap in the league.

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[pusaka]

Bayer Leverkusen, as expected, defeated West Ham 2-0 and managed to get an important win for the round.Leverkusen, who did not even give their opponent the opportunity to play, certainly had more chances to score more goals in the match.West ham had 1 shot during the match while Bayer Leverkusen had 33 shots.The fact that this match resulted in 2 goals shows us how strange this statistic is. It was a pity for Leverkusen that they couldn't make the difference 4 or 5 despite dominating the match so much.It was obvious from the beginning that Leverkusen would be the side to go through, but it is not logically expected that there would be so much difference between the 2 teams.Leverkusen will focus on this now that they have opened the gap in the league.

This was a very valuable victory, apart from that Leverkusen really played a very good game and did not give West Ham the opportunity to develop their game so they could hold Leverkusen. They really controlled the game and they even pressed from the first minute to the last minute of the match.
If they can play like this in the second leg, then I am sure they will be able to win the game easily, because in this match their game was very good and did not give space to the opposing players. West Ham had to be forced to defend throughout the match, they had almost no chances and recorded only 1 attack. This is very good capital for them to look at the second leg.
However, unexpectedly Livrpool lost to their guests with a landslide score of 0-3.

[Sim_card]

Two games in the Europa League didn't end as I expected.I didn't expect both Milan and Liverpool to lose.Milan lost 1-0 at home against Roma, making it difficult for them to qualify.Of course, all is not lost for Milan, but it's not normal for them to lose at home when they are in such good form.It's their fault that they couldn't take advantage of so many scoring chances in the match, but Roma's away win may have been more than enough to open the door for them.
Liverpool, on the other hand, lost by 3 goals at home against Atalanta, making it really difficult for them.Although they played a better game than their opponents in the match, they were unlucky in front of goal, which led to them not scoring and conceding goals.I don't know if Liverpool can pass the round away, but they have a really difficult job.Liverpool can win by at least 3 goals away from home and maybe take it to extra time.

It is always hard to predict the future. Imagine I also thought that those two clubs that you mentioned would also win their matches at home, but it turned out the other way round. There is still hope for Milan, if only they can make proper use of their chances in the second leg, compare to Liverpool that does not have any hope of winning Atalanta. The reason why I said this, is because Liverpool played well but they were unable to penetrated Atalanta defense, which made it very difficult for them to find the back of the net, while Atalanta just keep on scoring.

[Velvet78]

There is no doubt that many gamblers lost money on Liverpool's win. But I restrained myself from betting on the match. Because I thought Liverpool are now more busy to win the Premier League title. Their main target is to secure the Premier League title. So I wasn't sure if Liverpool would give their full effort in the Europa League match.

Klopp probably thought they could win against Atalanta with the second row of players. This was Liverpool's biggest mistake. Atalanta team should not be underestimated by Liverpool. However, we saw a very poor performance from Liverpool's defenders. Liverpool would not have been beaten badly if the defenders had done well.

Klopp didn't have much choice to do this rotation honestly. Because the Premier League title is the most important thing for them indeed and they have a game to play there this Sunday. He must have wanted to have at least some of his main players fully fit for the Crystal Palace game. Besides Liverpool actually played really good, the score shouldn't be misleading. They were just incapable of finishing lots of goal opportunities. 

Leverkusen were insanely good by the way.    They literally didn't let West Ham play. The final score seems as 2-0 maybe but believe me it could have ended much worse for West Ham.    After securing the Bundesliga title it looks like Xabi Alonso wants to go all in here.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Terrible performance by Liverpool, we asked for it with the team selection, resting a bunch of our star players. I think we underestimated Atalanta and there was a total lack of effort.

I think we disrespected the competition, it is what it is though. Barring a miracle in the 2nd leg we’re out, oh well onwards and upwards.

[mammusu]

Big loss for Liverpool. This will have an effect on their league form as well as they will start to doubt themselves. If they lost at home to Atalanta, what is stopping Crystal Palace from visiting in the weekend and leaving with something as well? Klopp has a big job to get his team out of the ditch and focus them on the match ahead and also rebuild their confidence.

The revere fixture will be very exciting to watch.

- Jay -

from the day I watched this Atalanta team playing against Napoli in such a manner that Napoli was struggling theouout the match, I gave them 💯 respect to be honest. Those boys have the energy and the fighting spirit and you don't see a team as that and then you underate them and refuse bringing your key players into the game because you think You're the big team?

When I saw the lineup and those that where even missing in the substitute, I knew th coach was playing with second choice team with very few strong faces and then you're loosing a 0:3 home win in front of your fans? Who does that? This is a huge loss regardless of the excuses supporters would want to give and I tell you that most persons will play Liverpool to have a straight win in that match and tickets  will cut supplus cause this is just crazy

This was a painful and embarrassing defeat that Liverpool experienced in front of their own supporters when they hosted Atalanta in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. I might still consider it normal if they lost with a score of 0-1 for example, but this time they had to lose with a striking score with 3 goals without reply. They were favorites from the start and they were even favorites to be in the final, but unfortunately they had to be destroyed in the first leg with a landslide score.

3 goals will be very difficult for them to catch in the second leg, especially since Atalanta will play as hosts in the match. I predict Atalanta will play more defensively because a 3 goal lead will be difficult to catch even though it could happen.

I don't think this is because they underestimated Atalanta, what is clear is that this is a very disappointing result, how almost everyone's predictions that Liverpool would win were shattered by the final result of the match.

[Plaguedeath]

Bayer Leverkusen, as expected, defeated West Ham 2-0 and managed to get an important win for the round.Leverkusen, who did not even give their opponent the opportunity to play, certainly had more chances to score more goals in the match.West ham had 1 shot during the match while Bayer Leverkusen had 33 shots.The fact that this match resulted in 2 goals shows us how strange this statistic is. It was a pity for Leverkusen that they couldn't make the difference 4 or 5 despite dominating the match so much.It was obvious from the beginning that Leverkusen would be the side to go through, but it is not logically expected that there would be so much difference between the 2 teams.Leverkusen will focus on this now that they have opened the gap in the league.

That result, statistic and the way Leverkusen's play are what people expect to see in Liverpool vs Atalanta.

But no lol, Atalanta proves everyone wrong, even though they didn't dominating the pitch and shots lower than Liverpool, but winning for 3 goals in Anfield is really a big achievement.

I watched the highlight, Leverkusen is just unlucky, on the other hands Fabianski perform pretty well too.

[Catenaccio]

Terrible performance by Liverpool, we asked for it with the team selection, resting a bunch of our star players. I think we underestimated Atalanta and there was a total lack of effort.

I think we disrespected the competition, it is what it is though. Barring a miracle in the 2nd leg we’re out, oh well onwards and upwards.

Liverpool were unlucky with a shot from Elliot and some opportunities that in a normal day, they can score goals. Generally Liverpool played worse than their normal performances in this season and Atalanta contributed to this terrible defeat of Liverpool by converting nearly all chances they got in the match to goals.

With this shocked defeat, I agree with you that only shocked miracle can help Liverpool to beat Atalanta 3 - 0 or bigger in Italy.

Bayer Leverkusen, as expected, defeated West Ham 2-0 and managed to get an important win for the round.Leverkusen, who did not even give their opponent the opportunity to play, certainly had more chances to score more goals in the match.West ham had 1 shot during the match while Bayer Leverkusen had 33 shots.

Leverkusen did not have an easy match but some substitutions from Xabi Alonso helped them to beat West Ham. 2 - 0 is a good result before a second leg match and Leverkusen are expanding their unbeaten streak in this season. They are continuing to aim at winning three titles in this season, Bundesliga (finished, we can say so), German National Cup, and Europa League.

[X-ray]

Terrible performance by Liverpool, we asked for it with the team selection, resting a bunch of our star players. I think we underestimated Atalanta and there was a total lack of effort.

Liverpool has nearly zero chance of qualifying for the further stage. It's still questioned my why klopp was starting salah from the bench. Klopp was obviously underestimating their opponents and shit happens to the liverpool.

I think we disrespected the competition, it is what it is though. Barring a miracle in the 2nd leg we’re out, oh well onwards and upwards.

It seemed to me liverpool intentionally lost in that game. Pathetic performance from liverpool. The reds is now nearly leaving from europa league. it's obvious i'll pick atalanta. I consider that making comeback in away game is quite impossible to happen.

What a perfect parking bus from atalanta.

[barisbilgili]

Bayer Leverkusen, as expected, defeated West Ham 2-0 and managed to get an important win for the round.Leverkusen, who did not even give their opponent the opportunity to play, certainly had more chances to score more goals in the match.West ham had 1 shot during the match while Bayer Leverkusen had 33 shots.The fact that this match resulted in 2 goals shows us how strange this statistic is. It was a pity for Leverkusen that they couldn't make the difference 4 or 5 despite dominating the match so much.It was obvious from the beginning that Leverkusen would be the side to go through, but it is not logically expected that there would be so much difference between the 2 teams.Leverkusen will focus on this now that they have opened the gap in the league.

That result, statistic and the way Leverkusen's play are what people expect to see in Liverpool vs Atalanta.

But no lol, Atalanta proves everyone wrong, even though they didn't dominating the pitch and shots lower than Liverpool, but winning for 3 goals in Anfield is really a big achievement.

I watched the highlight, Leverkusen is just unlucky, on the other hands Fabianski perform pretty well too.

Atalanta made a big surprise in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, no one thought that Atalanta would be able to win at Anfield.
There is a big difference between Liverpool and Leverkusen's game, I see Liverpool as if they are desperate because Atalanta's defense is quite solid which makes Liverpool frustrated and they continue to launch attacks so they forget about their defense which makes them have to concede 3 points, this is really quite surprising and I think now everything it's over for Liverpool.

As for Leverkusen, they are as usual, they are really consistent with their performance apart from the 2 goal wins they were able to score, but I see this team's game is really very consistent.

[knowngunman]

Two games in the Europa League didn't end as I expected.I didn't expect both Milan and Liverpool to lose.Milan lost 1-0 at home against Roma, making it difficult for them to qualify.Of course, all is not lost for Milan, but it's not normal for them to lose at home when they are in such good form.It's their fault that they couldn't take advantage of so many scoring chances in the match, but Roma's away win may have been more than enough to open the door for them.
Liverpool, on the other hand, lost by 3 goals at home against Atalanta, making it really difficult for them.Although they played a better game than their opponents in the match, they were unlucky in front of goal, which led to them not scoring and conceding goals.I don't know if Liverpool can pass the round away, but they have a really difficult job.Liverpool can win by at least 3 goals away from home and maybe take it to extra time.

What else do you expect from Liverpool match when you see the likes of Jones, Elliot, Gakpo and tsimikas? Klopp deliberately gave away that game with his squad selection. You can not send a weak squad against an opponent like Atalanta as if it Norwich you are going to play and expect a miraculous result. The second half panic substitution makes things more difficult and worse. Klopp got what he deserved in that match, he's a kind of couch I know that he underrate his opponent so much. You can not underestimate any team in Europe that reach this stage of the competition but his pride won't allow him to act proper. Glad that he already admitted that they played very poorly. Liverpool is really creating doubt on their chances of winning the EPL title. Firstly, they bottled a five points lead in the Premier league and now they bottle the Europa league because beating Atalanta on away visit is not realistic.

[Uruhara]

Two games in the Europa League didn't end as I expected.I didn't expect both Milan and Liverpool to lose.Milan lost 1-0 at home against Roma, making it difficult for them to qualify.Of course, all is not lost for Milan, but it's not normal for them to lose at home when they are in such good form.It's their fault that they couldn't take advantage of so many scoring chances in the match, but Roma's away win may have been more than enough to open the door for them.
Liverpool, on the other hand, lost by 3 goals at home against Atalanta, making it really difficult for them.Although they played a better game than their opponents in the match, they were unlucky in front of goal, which led to them not scoring and conceding goals.I don't know if Liverpool can pass the round away, but they have a really difficult job.Liverpool can win by at least 3 goals away from home and maybe take it to extra time.

This might be one of the most surprising matches of the year for me. Because the results of the match were truly beyond everyone's expectations. As if Liverpool were not a strong team competing for the title in the EPL. What I think is that Klopp made the wrong decision with their starting eleven. Because he didn't play M. Salah from the start of the match. Maybe Klopp underestimated Atalanta too much in that match. So the results are quite bad. We know that teams from Italy cannot always be underestimated. The proof is that last season the Champions League was also filled with teams from Italy in the semi-finals. Liverpool's hopes in the Europa League seem to be very difficult. Because I was behind with an aggregate of 3 goals, I felt it was very difficult to catch. What is clear is that I am very disappointed with them.

[Xcode7]

This might be one of the most surprising matches of the year for me. Because the results of the match were truly beyond everyone's expectations. As if Liverpool were not a strong team competing for the title in the EPL. What I think is that Klopp made the wrong decision with their starting eleven. Because he didn't play M. Salah from the start of the match. Maybe Klopp underestimated Atalanta too much in that match. So the results are quite bad. We know that teams from Italy cannot always be underestimated. The proof is that last season the Champions League was also filled with teams from Italy in the semi-finals. Liverpool's hopes in the Europa League seem to be very difficult. Because I was behind with an aggregate of 3 goals, I felt it was very difficult to catch. What is clear is that I am very disappointed with them.

I don't think that Klopp is underestimating Atalanta, but Liverpool's squad has rotated a lot of players, not only in this match but in almost all matches this season. Klopp has rotated a lot of players because of the injury problems they continue to face.
The defeat against Atalanta is sometimes surprising and I see that the condition of the Liverpool team is not doing well because of the unsatisfactory results they got in the Premier League last weekend against Man United.

In football there are very often surprises, especially in the Europa League, almost every season there are big surprises and this season I think Liverpool's defeat was quite a big surprise because the Liverpool team is quite the favorite to win the Europa League title this season but in fact they are likely to eliminated in the quarterfinals.

[abhiseshakana]

This might be one of the most surprising matches of the year for me. Because the results of the match were truly beyond everyone's expectations. As if Liverpool were not a strong team competing for the title in the EPL. What I think is that Klopp made the wrong decision with their starting eleven. Because he didn't play M. Salah from the start of the match. Maybe Klopp underestimated Atalanta too much in that match. So the results are quite bad. We know that teams from Italy cannot always be underestimated. The proof is that last season the Champions League was also filled with teams from Italy in the semi-finals. Liverpool's hopes in the Europa League seem to be very difficult. Because I was behind with an aggregate of 3 goals, I felt it was very difficult to catch. What is clear is that I am very disappointed with them.

I don't think that Klopp is underestimating Atalanta, but Liverpool's squad has rotated a lot of players, not only in this match but in almost all matches this season. Klopp has rotated a lot of players because of the injury problems they continue to face.
The defeat against Atalanta is sometimes surprising and I see that the condition of the Liverpool team is not doing well because of the unsatisfactory results they got in the Premier League last weekend against Man United.

In football there are very often surprises, especially in the Europa League, almost every season there are big surprises and this season I think Liverpool's defeat was quite a big surprise because the Liverpool team is quite the favorite to win the Europa League title this season but in fact they are likely to eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Liverpool did not underestimate Atalanta, but they were too confident because at the start of the first half, Liverpool did have several good opportunities and they dominated the game. Even when Atalanta managed to score their first goal, Liverpool still looked quite confident, as if they believed they could catch up. But the situation really changed when Atalanta got their second goal, which we can see that Liverpool are starting to lose their rhythm and they look quite frustrated.

Liverpool will indeed face a tough path and their chances are not great but they still have that opportunity. As long as they still have a winning mentality, I think they can still make a comeback. In the 2018/19 Champions League season, Liverpool made a 4-0 comeback when playing against Barcelona, even though in the first leg they lost 0-3

[CryptoBuds]

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There is no doubt that many gamblers lost money on Liverpool's win. But I restrained myself from betting on the match. Because I thought Liverpool are now more busy to win the Premier League title. Their main target is to secure the Premier League title. So I wasn't sure if Liverpool would give their full effort in the Europa League match.

Klopp probably thought they could win against Atalanta with the second row of players. This was Liverpool's biggest mistake. Atalanta team should not be underestimated by Liverpool. However, we saw a very poor performance from Liverpool's defenders. Liverpool would not have been beaten badly if the defenders had done well.

This was unexpected, even for Klopp. He made some mistakes by not fielding their strongest 11, underestimating Atlanta. The starting lineup didn't seem confident about winning, unfortunately their changes didn't work out, which leading to disaster at home. But is there any excuse of their weak defense and attack? Of-course not. It was errors from Liverpool's side and poor defending. Every time Atlanta attacked, they looked like they would score. It was an off night for Liverpool, and their performance is a concern for the Premier League. Well played, Atlanta.

The other reason can be because Klopp want to rest some of his main key players because his team is also competing for the EPL title. Looking at the starting 11 for the Europa League, I can say that Klopp's main priority is the EPL title.  Maybe he was also thinking that his team will be able to beat Atalanta although without all the best players but unfortunately the decision is not working well and gave him a lose with big goal difference. Although there will be still a chance to make come back in the 2nd leg, but they should do all the best to make it come true.

You are right. Klopp wanted to rest key players in his squad for this match. Because Klopp's main goal is to secure the Premier League title. So he didn't put much effort into the Europa League matches. Last season we saw Barcelona dominate La Liga, but their performance in every Europa League match was very poor. The big teams are usually not interested in winning the Europa League title.

However, since this is Klopp's last season with Liverpool, I thought Klopp would want to secure both the Premier League and Europa League titles. But after a 3-0 home defeat I see no chance of Liverpool qualifying for the next round.

[emrecemsan]

Liverpool did not underestimate Atalanta, but they were too confident because at the start of the first half, Liverpool did have several good opportunities and they dominated the game. Even when Atalanta managed to score their first goal, Liverpool still looked quite confident, as if they believed they could catch up. But the situation really changed when Atalanta got their second goal, which we can see that Liverpool are starting to lose their rhythm and they look quite frustrated.

Liverpool will indeed face a tough path and their chances are not great but they still have that opportunity. As long as they still have a winning mentality, I think they can still make a comeback. In the 2018/19 Champions League season, Liverpool made a 4-0 comeback when playing against Barcelona, even though in the first leg they lost 0-3

Totally agreed. One who watched this match live would know how much effort Liverpool made throughout the match. They wasted a lot of chances and Atalanta were having a really great day at the same time.    Klopp's rotating the starting eleven still wasn't an issue for Liverpool. They weren't having problems with creating opportunities to score goals.

I also believe that there is still hope for Liverpool. Do you remember their matches against Atalanta in the group stage of the 2020/2021 season? A 5-0 away win by Liverpool and Atalanta to win by 2-0 away later.    Maybe Liverpool might repeat this who knows...

[rendravolt]

Practically Liverpool will not qualify if in the second leg they do not score 3 more goals because Atalanta beat them with a difference of 3 goals at Anfield. Something terrible happened last night and no one expected Liverpool to lose at home so easily. I thought that even if they lost it wouldn't be more than 1 goal, but what happened was that Liverpool was destroyed and couldn't get the goal back.

It seems that we are a little pessimistic about Liverpool being in the final against Leverkusen and first they have to avenge their defeat in the first leg with another landslide victory in the second leg. We all know it will be very difficult for Liverpool and if they cannot show a better game then they must be ready to leave the Europa League.

[rdluffy]

Liverpool has nearly zero chance of qualifying for the further stage. It's still questioned my why klopp was starting salah from the bench. Klopp was obviously underestimating their opponents and shit happens to the liverpool.

Nothing is impossible, especially in these competitions, I've seen many comebacks that were impossible, but of course it's become VERY difficult now for the English team
What happened yesterday has a simple explanation, and at least IN MY OPINION, Liverpool didn't show the interest that the competition deserves, while Atalanta did
Liverpool's focus is entirely on Premier League, and they thought they could beat Atalanta without any complications

Liverpool wanted the Champions League and not the Europa League, but now they'll be left with nothing, and will have to work hard in the Premier League

[Juse14]

This might be one of the most surprising matches of the year for me. Because the results of the match were truly beyond everyone's expectations. As if Liverpool were not a strong team competing for the title in the EPL. What I think is that Klopp made the wrong decision with their starting eleven. Because he didn't play M. Salah from the start of the match. Maybe Klopp underestimated Atalanta too much in that match. So the results are quite bad. We know that teams from Italy cannot always be underestimated. The proof is that last season the Champions League was also filled with teams from Italy in the semi-finals. Liverpool's hopes in the Europa League seem to be very difficult. Because I was behind with an aggregate of 3 goals, I felt it was very difficult to catch. What is clear is that I am very disappointed with them.

I don't think that Klopp is underestimating Atalanta, but Liverpool's squad has rotated a lot of players, not only in this match but in almost all matches this season. Klopp has rotated a lot of players because of the injury problems they continue to face.
The defeat against Atalanta is sometimes surprising and I see that the condition of the Liverpool team is not doing well because of the unsatisfactory results they got in the Premier League last weekend against Man United.

In football there are very often surprises, especially in the Europa League, almost every season there are big surprises and this season I think Liverpool's defeat was quite a big surprise because the Liverpool team is quite the favorite to win the Europa League title this season but in fact they are likely to eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Liverpool did not underestimate Atalanta, but they were too confident because at the start of the first half, Liverpool did have several good opportunities and they dominated the game. Even when Atalanta managed to score their first goal, Liverpool still looked quite confident, as if they believed they could catch up. But the situation really changed when Atalanta got their second goal, which we can see that Liverpool are starting to lose their rhythm and they look quite frustrated.

Liverpool will indeed face a tough path and their chances are not great but they still have that opportunity. As long as they still have a winning mentality, I think they can still make a comeback. In the 2018/19 Champions League season, Liverpool made a 4-0 comeback when playing against Barcelona, even though in the first leg they lost 0-3

Overconfidence can have adverse effects. Despite Liverpool's early domination in the game and their continuing self-assurance even after allowing a goal, their subsequent loss of coordination and feelings of irritability at the second goal suggested that they had placed an undue reliance on confidence.

Even though history speaks to the fact that Liverpool has made comebacks, as they did in a game against Barcelona during the 2018/19 Champions League season. Having a winning mentality along with the ability to turn things around are key characteristics in such situations. Therefore, despite the difficult situation, there is still a chance for Liverpool to make a comeback, especially if they can keep their spirits high and concentration steady.

[rahmad2nd]

Almost most of the community was shocked by Liverpool's defeat at Anfield against Atalanta, even though in football this is a normal and common thing to happen. I often say in this thread, especially for Liverpool and Leverkusen, that these two teams do not rule out the possibility of slipping during their matches. It was proven that Jurgen Kloop's team lost to Atalanta at Anfield, their home ground. What's worse is that Liverpool were defeated with a score of 0-3, a result that many people don't accept this defeat.

Well, this is football. you don't just have to be strong to win, it's not based on data and statistics. but when the match is held, the result will be decisive. where there are many variables that make a strong team lose. either player error, poor performance, or unlucky factors. there are also other factors, as I often say. Jurgen Kloop must divide his focus on two competitions at once. they are still competing fiercely in the Premier League, they also have to focus on the Europa League competition. In fact, it is not easy for Kloop to keep his team consistent and stable. Moreover, in last night's match, Kloop chose not to field the full core of his line-up as the main starter. well, there is still a chance for Liverpool, only they have to beat Atalanta with a score of more than 4 goals.

In other matches, I could only smile sweetly when Roma beat Milan at the San Siro.