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Trent Alexander-Arnold admits he “ran out of juice” on his first start back from injury, but when he was going, Jurgen Klopp says he was “absolutely insane.” With Conor Bradley joining the injury list, Alexander-Arnold made his first start since February as he returned to the side for Thursday’s trip to Atalanta. It came on a frustrating night for Liverpool as, despite winning 1-0, they exited the Europa League with a 3-1 quarter-final loss. Alexander-Arnold lasted 72 minutes before being replaced by Joe Gomez, with his creativity from deep and out wide arguably the Reds’ biggest outlet – including winning…
Liverpool’s recent form hasn’t been helped by some disappointing performances from their attacking options. Mohamed Salah in particular has shown a lack of confidence in front of goal since his injury. The Reds were recently knocked out of the Europa League, with Salah missing some important chances. Liverpool were unable to overturn a 3-0 deficit when they faced Atalanta in their quarter-final second-leg tie, and former Red Steve Nicol was disappointed with the performance of their forward line, particularly Mohamed Salah. The Merseyside outfit suffered a 3-0 defeat in the first leg at Anfield, leaving Jurgen Klopp’s side without a…
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has claimed the Reds were too eager to try build on their early goal away at Atalanta on Thursday night. The Reds gave themselves a mountain to climb during a dismal first-leg showing that saw them on the wrong end of a shock 3-0 scoreline. Mohamed Salah’s seventh-minute penalty sparked hopes of another iconic Liverpool comeback victory in Europe, but it wasn’t to be this time around. Atalanta managed to keep the damage to just one goal and as a result, progressed to the last four stage via a 3-1 aggregate win. Van Dijk discussed…
Liverpool are out of the Europa League despite winning away to Atalanta Well, that was exactly what we expected. Liverpool had a go, and a few minutes in, after Mohamed Salah’s penalty hit the bottom corner, you wondered whether another big red European comeback might be on. Despite the way Salah grabbed the ball after his spot kick to immediately deposit it on the centre spot, Liverpool wisely resisted the urge to try and race to a second. Atalanta posed just enough threat on the counter-attack to expose what folly it would have been for Jurgen Klopp to release the…
Is there a sight more depressing that Jurgen Klopp appearing sapped of belief? We’d venture this one will take some beating as Liverpool shuffled out of the Europa League with a whimper despite defeating Atalanta 1-0 in Bergamo. The Merseysiders were in need of at least three goals to take the tie the distance but failed to capitalise on Mo Salah’s first-half penalty in Italy. A second-half so immensely lacklustre it’s probably better not being spoken about followed, leaving the travelling support short-changed ahead of their return trip to L4. What a disappointing end to Klopp’s European journey with Liverpool.…
Stephen Warnock was not really impressed by what Liverpool’s 24-year-old player did against Atalanta tonight. In the end, Liverpool only have themselves to blame. They simply left a mountain to climb for themselves against Atalanta. Briefly, it felt like they had a flicker of hope in the first half tonight when Mohamed Salah scored within ten minutes. But in the end, they just couldn’t take their chances and maintain their intensity in the second-half. Atalanta kept their rigid defensive structure, and when Liverpool did breakthrough and create chances, they just couldn’t finish them off. Pretty much the same story as…
Jurgen Klopp makes three changes to the side that started against Crystal Palace on Sunday, with Cody Gakpo among those coming into the side against Atalanta. The Reds are in Bergamo, Italy, seeking to overturn a dire 3-0 defeat in the first leg against Gian Piero Gasperini’s side. Alisson makes his first start in this competition since October, when Caoimhin Kelleher was sidelined due to injury. Trent Alexander-Arnold makes his first start February 2, joining Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson in defence. Dominik Szoboszlai returns in midfield, having been on the bench for the last two games.…
A Liverpool star branded ‘world class’ can leave Anfield this summer Liverpool will not stand in Caoimhin Kelleher’s way if he pushes to become a No 1 elsewhere this summer, and the goalkeeper is already courting interest from two European Cup winners. Amid Alisson Becker’s injury woes, back-up stopper Kelleher has made more appearances for Liverpool this season than the Brazilian. Alisson’s return from injury against Crystal Palace last weekend was his 25th outing of the campaign. By contrast, Kelleher has featured 26 times. The Republic of Ireland international has been nothing short of sensational for the Reds this term.…
Liverpool aim to entire their contemporary European miracle when they face Atalanta tonight (20.00 BST). The Reds trail the Europa League quarter-final 3-0 on combination after a shock defeat at Anfield last week. Scarcely all of us anticipated Jurgen Klopp suffering such a sobering loss on their own patch – leaving them with a monumental mountain to climb. But if there is a club succesful of producing comebacks then it’s Liverpool. It was once 5 years when the Reds reversed a three-goal deficit in opposition to Barcelona to reach the Champions League final – and would go on to win…