UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[Inwestour]

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.

Could a coach of this level really make the mistake of underestimating his opponent at the quarterfinal stage? It is obvious that he was convinced that Atalanta would be an easy opponent for them, otherwise I cannot explain the fact that Salah and Diaz started this match on the bench. Perhaps Salah has not yet fully recovered from his injury and Klopp decided to take care of him, but Atalanta turned out to be much stronger.

And if you say that for Klopp the Premier League is a priority, then why did they reach the quarterfinals and play so weakly? It seems to me that with this approach you can be left with nothing, when you start choosing one thing, then in the end everything can fall apart like a house of cards.

[Moreno233]

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.

Yesterday was a day of loss for many gamblers including myself. Liverpool failed to live up to expectations and they will most likely not qualify. Atalanta surprised everybody and the next time Liverpool hears the name Gianluca Scamacca, the man that scored the first and second goal, they will shiver to their marrow. What I expected from this match was the opposite of the result and with this outcome, it is possible that Jogen Klopp will not be receiving any goodbye trophy.

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 a terrible mistake that Klopp made whose correction will not be easy. Liverpool is a team that cannot be easily written off but going to Atalanta to beat them 0-4 is something I doubt will happen. In football it is not always good to underestimate an opponent especially at the level the competition have gone to.

[xzone]

Unbelievable with Liverpool as favorite team for winning Europe League this season have loss on first leg match over 0-3 at Anfield Stadium, its not good capital for facing second leg match and Liverpool must winning above four goals if won't eliminated in quarter final round. I think Jurgen Klopp over confidence by saving some main players from Mohamad Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Andy Robertson and Luiz Diaz. Make several change on second half but not effective yet and Liverpool must improving hard their performance on second leg match if want qualify to next round.

Other quarter final leg match, AS Roma get the positive result after defeating AC Milan and get more advantage with second legs match will play on their home, need get draw or secure the winning result will make fantastic with Daniele De Rossi success bring Roma qualify to semifinal round and has chance to repeat AS Roma achievement under Jose Mourinho era qualified to final round.

Liverpool suffered an incredible defeat. Actually, it would not be right to say that they played poorly in the match, but they could not score a goal and therefore their chances of being eliminated in the quarter-finals are now quite high. Atalanta made good use of the opportunities and scored 3 goals, this will be a huge advantage for them.
If they can score 1 goal in the next match, they will make great progress in getting out of this tour. We were all surprised, but we need to congratulate Atalanta

[Majestic-milf]

Extremely shocked at Liverpool result with an odd of 1.3 and is losing 0-3 from Atalanta.I think that this is a really bad defeat to Liverpool that most likely will not recover from such result even in the return leg,they even have not scored just one goal and they are playing at Anfield,I have never seen such a Liverpool team doing this bad in an European competition.I am afraid one of the contenders already got out of the fight for winning Europa League,one of the strongest contender,now I think it can be easier for any team going to the final and not founding the strong Liverpool there,of course by strong Liverpool I do not mean the one we experienced tonight,a total disaster during the whole game,I don't know if they are focusing on the Premier League yet even if they are such result is unacceptable for a team of their level.

That's the thing with football; do not underestimate any team and I think Liverpool are responsible for their loss because right from the beginning, they kept making chances that were half hearted, feeling that they can rectify it since it's their ground and as they have been known to come back from under to win the game, it didn't shake them when Gianluca Scamacca scored the first goal. The crazy thing about Jurgen Klopp's men performance yesterday is that they managed to be the only English team that was sorely humiliated by an Italian opposition at their home in the Europa league game. Atalanta made the extraordinary look normal in that match as they literally silenced Liverpool, leaving them to grasp at straws and putting yet another thing to worry about on Jurgen Klopp's mind.
 When they meet Atalanta on the 18th, they will have to score four goals to retain their place in the tournament else and with the Atalanta played so bravely while away and managed to take three goals from their hosts, what will they do when they play hosts? A goal fiesta maybe? I guess this is where Klopp will have to draw the curtain on the Europa league competition and focus his sights on the league so it doesn't become a situation of losing both while trying to salvage one.

[Hewlet]

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

[Barikui1]

Unbelievable with Liverpool as favorite team for winning Europe League this season have loss on first leg match over 0-3 at Anfield Stadium, its not good capital for facing second leg match and Liverpool must winning above four goals if won't eliminated in quarter final round. I think Jurgen Klopp over confidence by saving some main players from Mohamad Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Andy Robertson and Luiz Diaz. Make several change on second half but not effective yet and Liverpool must improving hard their performance on second leg match if want qualify to next round.

Other quarter final leg match, AS Roma get the positive result after defeating AC Milan and get more advantage with second legs match will play on their home, need get draw or secure the winning result will make fantastic with Daniele De Rossi success bring Roma qualify to semifinal round and has chance to repeat AS Roma achievement under Jose Mourinho era qualified to final round.

Liverpool suffered an incredible defeat. Actually, it would not be right to say that they played poorly in the match, but they could not score a goal and therefore their chances of being eliminated in the quarter-finals are now quite high. Atalanta made good use of the opportunities and scored 3 goals, this will be a huge advantage for them.
If they can score 1 goal in the next match, they will make great progress in getting out of this tour. We were all surprised, but we need to congratulate Atalanta

It's actually true that we need to congratulate Atalanta for the time being, but let's not forget that this is Liverpool, it's not over, until it's over, let's take a look at this Liverpool team, to me, what i felt that makes them lose in such a manner was that they felt to relaxed, they were just complacent, but I believe that they have all it takes in their ranks to fight back, just as they did against Barcelona in the champions league a few years back, the only challenge I feel like they will have this time is that they are playing away from home, but the return leg is actually going to be a fascinating encounter between them both.

[3meek]

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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.

Liverpool lost this match due to underestimating Atalanta team. Atalanta team was not in good form. Atalanta have won just one of their last 5 matches in Serie A. And lost all three matches. The team's performance was very poor. Perhaps this is why Liverpool coach Klopp did not take the Atalanta team seriously. Such a mistake was not expected from an experienced coach like Klopp.

There is no doubt that Aatalanta's players performed well in this match. They exploited every weakness in Liverpool's players. Atalanta got a 1-0 lead in the first half. Scamacca performed well in this match. He scored two goals.

That's usually what happens a lot when everyone underestimates one of the teams... Yesterday everyone was sure that Liverpool would win because they were playing at home... But there was a big surprise and now Liverpool have to do the impossible in the return match... Of course I expected Atalanta to surprise, but I didn't expect such a fantastic win...

[execijutiere]

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.

[7juju]

It is already quite hard to pick one game and watch that over at UCL when you have two at a time, but here at Europa it's even four at a time. UEFA must realize that they are literally losing money because of this, I am not saying put every game on a different date, but at least spread it around a bit, that way you could have less games per day.

When you put them all into a single day, people have to pick a game and just watch that, plus you could even make hours very different, hence even on a single day, you could have four different games, just have one start at afternoon if you want to. This situation should be fixed asap with the new league format, or we are going to see even more games all on the same day and less viewership because of it.

Most league have different competition to play and the international football are always around the corners. Uefa has little time to organize their games. This is the reason why their schedule is always having many games being played in a day. If they should spread it the way you are talking about, it will have severe effect on domestic league schedule. Uefa understand these things and decided to work the way they are doing.

[Helena Yu]

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.

Yep.

Tsimikas, Elliott, and Jones are second row players, I don't know why Klopp didn't let Robertson, Scoboszlai and Salah from the beginning, it's clear they underestimate Atalanta.

This might be second biggest upset after Leverkusen become a champion in Bundesliga, with 3 goals difference and the second leg will play in Atalanta's ground, to be honest I didn't expect Liverpool able to catch the 3 points...

On the other match, just like what I expect, Roma win against Milan.

[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.

[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.