Atalanta stunned Anfield as Gianluca Scamacca scored twice in a 3-0 win on Thursday to leave Liverpool with a mountain to climb to reach the Europa League semi-finals.
Scamacca failed to shine during his one season in the Premier League with West Ham, but he has now scored three times in England for club and country this season.
Atalanta made the breakthrough on 38 minutes when the Italian international fired low through Kelleher’s grasp from Davide Zappacosta’s cross.
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Furthermore, Mario Pasalic added a third seven minutes from time to condemn Liverpool to their first home defeat in all competitions in 14 months. The Reds had been favorites to end the Jurgen Klopp era by completing the German’s set of trophies won as Liverpool boss in his last game in charge in the Dublin final.
With Liverpool locked in a tight three-way battle for the Premier League title alongside Arsenal and Manchester City, Klopp showed that that remains his priority as he made six changes to the side that were held 2-2 by Manchester United on Sunday.
But the side sitting sixth in Serie A was a threat from the first whistle. Pasalic missed a glorious chance to open the scoring after just three minutes when he fired into Caoimhin Kelleher’s face as the Irish international spread himself. Harvey Elliott hit the crossbar, and Darwin Nunez sliced wide when clean through on goal, but those promising Liverpool attacks were few and far between
In conclusion, Mohamed Salah was one of those left on the bench, but he was unable to inspire a response despite being thrust into action right at the start of the second half after a lackluster first 45 minutes from the home side. Atalanta had won just two of their previous nine games in all competitions.
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