Jurgen Klopp isn't concerned by Mohamed Salah's form despite another difficult evening for the Liverpool forward against Atalanta

Есть ли более удручающее зрелище, чем то, что Юрген Клопп, похоже, утратил веру в себя?

Рискнем предположить, что в этом случае придется принять поражение, поскольку "Ливерпуль" вылетел из Лиги Европы с треском, несмотря на победу над "Аталантой" со счетом 1:0 в Бергамо.

Мерсисайдцам требовалось забивать как минимум три гола, чтобы сравнять счет, но они смогли лишь реализовать пенальти в лице Мо Салаха в первом тайме в Италии.

Второй тайм получился настолько невыразительным, что, наверное, лучше о нем не говорить, в результате чего команда на выезде осталась без поддержки перед возвращением домой.

Какой разочаровывающий финал европейского турне Клоппа с "Ливерпулем". С нашим приветливым тактиком все должно было закончиться совсем не так, не так ли?

Автор Farrell Keeling

После победы "Ливерпуля" над "Аталантой" со счетом 1:0 в Лиге Европы наметилась тревожная тенденция.

Мерсисайдцы одержали победу в Бергамо, хотя этого было недостаточно, чтобы отыграть три пропущенных мяча на "Энфилде", благодаря результативному удару Мо Салаха с пенальти в первом тайме.

Это был уже четвертый случай, когда, как заметил Джоэл Рабинович на X, "красным" не удалось забить гол при открытой игре.

"Четыре игры подряд без забитых голов в открытой игре. Страшная штука".

"Ливерпуль" должен переломить тревожную тенденцию в матче с "Фулхэмом".
Учитывая все обстоятельства, это пугает, особенно учитывая, что у нас все еще есть шанс завершить сезон еще одним трофеем.

Однако как, скажите на милость, мы можем ожидать, что "красные" справятся с этой чрезвычайно сложной задачей, если наша передовая линия совершенно растеряла свои стрелковые навыки?

На данном этапе сезона я многого требую от каждого, но если мы сможем найти этот мифический источник всего лишь на следующие шесть игр, то сможем провести сезон, достойный главного тренера.

Это касается Юргена, так что ребята, давайте.

Автор Farrell Keeling

Jurgen Klopp says his Liverpool side are now ready for the Premier League title fight after being eliminated from the Europa League by Atalanta

Jurgen Klopp says his Liverpool side are now ready for the Premier League title fight after being eliminated from the Europa League by Atalanta

Two big Wembley meetings await in the Cup, while a desperation derby looks to be in store at Goodison Park

There was a distinct end-of-season vibe at the Gtech Community Stadium following Brentford’s recent win over Sheffield United, with Thomas Frank and his players performing what amounted to a lap of honour as they took plaudits from fans relieved that the spectre of relegation had finally been banished from their small corner of west London. Of course only time will tell if the Bees become the first Premier League team to decamp to the metaphorical beach this season and this weekend’s match against Luton at Kenilworth Road will provide a fair indication. Ravaged by injury with up to 11 players likely to be unavailable, Luton were on a hiding to nothing in their game against Manchester City but still emerged from the rout with their heads held high having restricted the champions to a one-goal lead until their capitulation after the hour mark. It is increasingly difficult to compliment Rob Edwards’ side without sounding condescending, but if it transpires that the Brentford side that turns up in Bedfordshire has mentally tapped out, the Premier League’s most dashing manager, his players and their fans are unlikely to have any complaints whatsoever. Barry Glendenning

Luton v Brentford, Premier League, Saturday 3pm (all times BST)

Sheffield United v Burnley, Premier League, Saturday 3pm

Manchester City v Chelsea, FA Cup semi-final, Saturday 5.15pm

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Я тебе секрет, наверное, сейчас открою.
Больше половины очков, что набрали команды АПЛ в этом сезоне, принесли Ливерпуль, Вест Хем и Астон Вилла как раз из ЛЕ и ЛК.
И от Италии в ЛК, как и от Англии была и есть только дна команда - Фиалки.

И главная разница в очках как раз в ЛЧ.
У АПЛ две команды не вышли из группы, заняв последние места.
МЮ и Сороки прекратили свое участие в еврокубках осенью.
У Италии в евровесну вышли все. Причем три команды в лигочемпионскую весну.

Так что, есть, что есть.

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Джан Пьеро Гасперини доволен выходом «Аталанты» в полуфинал Лиги Европы.

В четверг «Аталанта» проиграла «Ливерпулю» (0:1), но прошла дальше, так как выиграла 3:0 в первой встрече.

«Мы прошли замечательного тренера и отличную команду. Мы очень счастливы и с завтрашнего дня будем думать о следующих матчах.

Был немного неистовый матч. Защищаться можно по-разному: либо отсиживаться, либо прессинговать, и мы выбрали последний вариант. Мы были физически сильны и поддерживали темп.

В моей карьере может не быть трофеев, но есть несколько медалей, и я думаю, что [проход «Ливерпуля»] заслуживает медали.

Без сомнения, нам важно что-то выиграть, но трофей – это еще и единство этих парней. В перерыве я спросил их, не хотят ли они немного отойти назад и защищаться глубже, если чувствуют прессинг, но они ответили, что нет! Для меня это трофей, потому что они думают так же, как и я, они занимают позиции и используют подходы, которые им нравятся», – сказал тренер «Аталанты».

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• Salah scores penalty but misses big chance against Atalanta
• Klopp: ‘We didn’t lose the tie tonight, we lost it at home’

Jürgen Klopp said Liverpool squandered their Europa League chances at Anfield last week and insisted Mohamed Salah’s wastefulness was not the cause of their quarter-final exit against Atalanta.

Liverpool were unable to overturn a 3-0 first leg deficit in the quarter-final despite dominating the first half and Salah scoring an early penalty. A 1-0 win signalled the last European game of Klopp’s Liverpool reign. The Liverpool manager admitted the failure to add a second goal was crucial in Bergamo but refused to pin the blame on Salah, who was guilty of the biggest miss.

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Пять клубов Серии А примут участие в Лиге чемпионов в следующем сезоне.

Новый формат соревнования предусматривает участие 36 команд вместо нынешних 32. Две квоты из четырех будут распределены между лигами, чьи клубы в предыдущем сезоне показали наилучшие результаты в таблице коэффициентов УЕФА.

Сегодня в полуфинал Лиги Европы вышли «Рома» и «Аталанта». Римляне обыграли по сумме двух матчей «Милан» (3:1). Бергамская команда с таким же общим результатом прошла «Ливерпуль».

В свою очередь, «Фиорентина» стала полуфиналистом Лиги конференций, обыграв «Викторию» Пльзень с общим счетом 2:0.

Таким образом, итальянская федерация первой получила дополнительное место в Лиге чемпионов. За вторую путевку могут побороться Германия и Англия.

При этом не исключен вариант с попаданием в турнир шести итальянских клубов. Для того чтобы это произошло, итальянцам необходимо выиграть Лигу Европы, а победителю – завершить сезон вне первых четырех мест в Серии А.

Такой расклад возможен в случае с «Ромой» и «Аталантой», которые в настоящий момент занимают пятое и шестое места в чемпионате Италии.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepted their lack of goal threat failed to put enough pressure on Atalanta to help turn their Europa League quarter-final back in their favour.

Mohamed Salah‘s seventh-minute penalty had raised hopes of a Barcelona 2019-style comeback but the Egypt international missed a relatively straightforward lob to make it 2-0 towards the end of the first half and they faded badly after the break as they exited the competition 3-1 on aggregate.

That meant for only the third time in the 21st century, England have no teams in the semi-finals of the Champions League or Europa League/UEFA Cup.

“We didn’t lose the tie tonight, we lost it at home,” Klopp said after a 3-0 first-leg defeat proved decisive.

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“It’s very easy to congratulate Atalanta because they deserved to go through. When you win a tie against us 3-1 in especially this way you deserve it absolutely.

“But I loved our game, especially the start. I loved the commitment, desire and power we developed in this game but it was clear we had better score from time to time otherwise it could be tricky over 90 minutes.

“The second goal could have helped a little bit. We have to create a little bit more than we did in the first half as it’s clear you need a result to help destabilise the opponent.

“If you have a second goal it’s a tricky one as the next goal is extra time but we didn’t get to that point and we will never really know how that would have looked.

“Disappointed we didn’t go through but not frustrated or angry. If you don’t deserve it, it’s all good.”

Salah has looked well short of his clinical best since returning from almost two months out with a hamstring problem.

Even though he has scored six in 11 game since he came back two of those have been penalties and he is squandering more chances he would normally be expected to take.

“I’m not particularly concerned. That’s what strikers do. That’s how it it is. We have to go through it, he has to go through it,” added Klopp.

“He is one of most experienced players in the squad. That’s pretty much all.

“It’s not that Mo didn’t miss chances before in his life, that’s part of the game. The penalty was super convincing, a super penalty then the next chance that was unlucky, but it’s not the first time has has missed chances like that.

“I won’t make a big story of it. I’m not particularly concerned.”

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The prospect of five English clubs competing in next season's Champions League is hanging by a thread after Liverpool and West Ham joined Manchester City and Arsenal in being knocked out of Europe this week.

Jurgen Klopp and Virgil van Dijk have looked to quickly turn the focus after Liverpool’s exit from the Europa League, with the goal to “focus on the league.”

Over the last month, Liverpool have seen ambitious hopes of a quadruple collapse, knocked out of the FA Cup and now the Europa League.

Though the Carabao Cup is already in the bag, their chances of lifting the Premier League took a major hit at the weekend, too, as the Reds lost to Crystal Palace.

But after a 3-1 aggregate defeat to Atalanta – which came after a 1-0 win in Bergamo on Thursday night – the league is all Liverpool have left to play for.

No surprise, then, that Van Dijk asked supporters to help the players give their all in the final six games.

“We have to very quickly turn this around, recover, and travel to London on Saturday [to play Fulham on Sunday],” the captain told TNT Sports.

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“We need everyone for that last push as well, and that’s the feeling that I’m getting already now.”

Van Dijk clung to the positives – in that “obviously we won and we kept the clean sheet” – but accepted that exiting the Europa League left a “bad feeling.”

“What we have to do is get back up,” he continued.

The Dutchman added: “That’s the aim now. Obviously everyone feels disappointed, I feel disappointed, but we don’t have a lot of time to be disappointed.

“Hopefully our fans will be there again, I’ve got no doubt. We need them more than ever for the last six games of the season, where anything is still possible.”

Also speaking to TNT Sports, Klopp took a similar view to his centre-back, insisting that his side produced “the reaction we wanted to show” but they were left with a bitter taste.

“Atalanta deserves to go through, 100 percent, that’s fine,” the manager said.

“We can now focus on the league. That’s what we’ll do from exactly now on.”

Klopp continued: “Tonight we won the game, so back to winning ways, now we have two-and-a-half-ish days’ time to make sure we recover to go against Fulham, which will be a tricky one, a completely different game but tricky.

“We have to see who can go again. But this tonight was the reaction we had to show, and the boys showed [it]. I’m not surprised, they always do that.

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“Obviously a bit mixed emotions, I’m disappointed we are out, but I’m happy with big parts of the game. That’s it, pretty much.

“Let’s put a line under this competition. We would have wished, for our people, that we go to Dublin, but that now didn’t happen.

“Now we have one competition left and we throw everything have into that.”

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After Liverpool went out of the Europa League to Atalanta, Jurgen Klopp admitted he was “disappointed” but pointed to positives as he said Liverpool were “back to winning ways.”

Despite winning 1-0 at Atalanta, Liverpool’s second-half performance left fans disappointed at a missed opportunity to mount a comeback.

Following the match, Klopp told TNT Sports: “I liked the game a lot for a long time. The commitment, the desire, the power the boys showed was incredible.”

The performance was an improvement on the last two outings, but there was little to hang your hat on in terms of positivity from the game.

"It didn't go our way but I liked the way we played"

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“Atalanta deserved to go through 100 percent, that’s fine, and can now we focus on the league and that is exactly what we will do from now on,” Klopp added.

“We created 67 shots in the three games that we didn’t win one of. That’s really strange.”

The manager is right to point out that Liverpool have no doubt been unlucky in front of goal, but the tie against Atalanta weren’t lost due to poor finishing.

It was lost because the Reds couldn’t track their runners in the first leg and couldn’t maintain attacks in the second leg.

The German continued: “Tonight we won the game, we are back to winning ways, we have two-and-a-half-ish days time to make sure we recover to go against Fulham – that will be a tricky one, different but tricky.

“We have to see who can go again but this tonight was the reaction we had to show, the boys showed. I’m not surprised, they always do that.

“Obviously mixed emotions; disappointed that we are out but happy with big parts of the game.”

The Reds can’t afford to let recent results get in their heads as they prepare for six games that could lead us to forget this Europa League fiasco, if they were to be won.

Klopp finished by saying: “Let’s put a line under this competition. We would have wished for our people to go to Dublin but obviously that now didn’t happen.

“We have one competition left and we have throw everything we have into that.”

It is a message that supporters and players may as well heed. It is fine to be sad that Liverpool are out of Europe, but it won’t help their league chances.

There is a small chance the Premier League can be won and, while that chance remains, we must go for it.

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Mohamed Salah scored an early penalty before Atalanta expertly saw out the game to secure passage to the semi-finals

• Read Andy Hunter’s match report from Bergamo

The teams are out. It is worth noting that four Atalanta players – Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac, De Roon – are a booking away from a suspension. That’s the back three and the most defensive of Atalanta’s midfielders. De Roon was brilliant at centre back at Anfield but moved back into his more familiar midfield role today.

No Liverpool players are carrying a yellow card to their name.

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Liverpool have six games remaining to send Jurgen Klopp off on a high as they sit third in the Premier League - two points off the top

Liverpool have six games remaining to send Jurgen Klopp off on a high as they sit third in the Premier League - two points off the top

Even if Xabi Alonso was still in the running to replace Jürgen Klopp, all Liverpool eyes would have been trained on Bergamo tonight. But while the Reds tried and failed to stage another famous European comeback, their former midfielder was also in the dugout, navigating a trip to West Ham.

For a while, it was more or less presumed that Klopp would face off against Alonso in the Dublin final, in a fixture which may even serve as the passing of the torch. But both of those dreams are now dead, with Liverpool out of the competition and Alonso staying at Bayer Leverkusen.

Liverpool did briefly threaten to revive its hopes of advancing. Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross was blocked with a hand inside five minutes, and Mohamed Salah stepped up to convert, giving the visitor a long time to find two goals — a far more manageable task.

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Riding a wave of momentum, Liverpool threatened to add another quickly, and Luis Díaz just couldn't quite get on the end of a neat Cody Gakpo flick to double the lead on the night moments later. The Reds' threat then died down a little, but they had the best of the first half, and had a golden chance to go in with a two-goal advantage when Salah was sent clean through on goal.

With the ball bouncing invitingly, Salah went to lob the onrushing goalkeeper. But he connected all wrong, shinning it well wide.

Credit to Atalanta and especially Gian Piero Gasperini, who regrouped at half-time and played their own part in changing the narrative for the second half. But for Liverpool's part, it seemed like the belief had been sucked out.

Klopp did everything in his power to change things up. Gakpo ended the game notionally at left-back to accommodate a last roll of the dice with Jayden Danns, after Darwin Núñez and Diogo Jota had been introduced already. But rather than piling on the pressure, the goal threat seemed to diminish at the final whistle drew closer.

There was a painful contrast to what was unfolding in the other Europa League game under the watch of Alonso. Just like Liverpool, West Ham had scored early, and it only needed one more goal to force extra-time. It, too, was struggling to find it, but David Moyes was at least on the verge of finally ending Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten streak.

Yet for the umpteenth time this season, Alonso's charges refused to say die. Remember, they were going through anyway, but still they found the reserves to score a late equalizer. Leverkusen are astoundingly close to an unprecedented invincible campaign across all competitions, and their comebacks simply feel inevitable at this stage.

Liverpool certainly had that quality at its peak under Klopp. The title-winning season was full of similar moments. But it also seemed to have that kind of aura earlier this season. Kick-started by Núñez's unlikely brace against Newcastle, Liverpool got a reputation as a comeback king. Even now, Klopp boasts far more goals by substitutes than his league peers. But they have not come in recent weeks.

There was no danger of Núñez repeating his dramatic brace tonight, with the contrast striking. Jota could hardly get a kick. Even Danns, who turned the League Cup final and then scored an FA Cup brace, could barely affect things with his youthful eagerness.

More than anything else, that's what makes it hard to be too confident in a Premier League fairytale. If it is to happen, Liverpool needs to re-find that unshakeable mentality, and it could do worse than looking to Alonso for inspiration.

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Liverpool match verdict after the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Atalanta in Bergamo

Liverpool match verdict after the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Atalanta in Bergamo