Total shock at Anfield. Liverpool lost, this Thursday, at home to Atalanta, by 0-3, in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.

The shocking result at Anfield Road began to be built in the first half. Scamacca opened the scoring in the 38th minute for the team that had eliminated Sporting in the previous round.

Unhappy with the direction of operations, Klopp made three substitutions at half-time, but the Bergamo team ended up scoring the second goal of the game. Scamacca scored again in the 60th minute.

With the Portuguese Diogo Jota on the pitch, who returned to the pitch after a one-month absence, the reds, who would see a goal disallowed, scored the third of the night, with the contribution of the Serbian Mario Pasalic in the 83rd minute.

Liverpool thus go into the second leg of this tie in Italy, in a week's time, with a very difficult mission to overturn the defeat and face Benfica or Marseille in the semi-finals of the competition.

Starting teams

Liverpool: Kelleher, Joe Gomez, Van Dijk, Konaté, Kostas Tsimikas, Elliott, Endo, Curtis Jones, Gakpo, Darwin Núñez and Mac Allister.

Atalanta: Musso, Zappacosta, Berat Djimsiti, Hiem, Éderson, Ruggeri, De Roon, Pasalic, Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere and Scamacca.

Preview

Liverpool and Atalanta face each other, this Thursday night, in a match counting for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. And it will be a game followed with attention at the Estádio da Luz.

That's because this clash, with the second leg in Italy next week, will decide the opponent of Benfica or Marseille in the semi-final of the competition.

Diogo Jota has already recovered, but will not be an option for Jurgen Klopp in this match that will take place at Anfield Road stadium, in Liverpool. The duel between the reds and Atalanta is scheduled to start at 8 pm and you can follow it live on Desporto ao Minuto.

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