Jurgen Klopp’s final season with the Reds is disintegrating at an alarming rate. But Liverpool can do a lot to save things if they manage to pull off a miracle in Bergamo on Thursday night.
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No one watched Atalanta’s 3-0 win on Thursday.
In fact, Liverpool have conceded goals at Anfield at an alarming rate, but Klopp’s side missed it because they were scoring so much at the other end.
Atalanta would have known they had a great time leaving Anfield with something, but never, not even in their wildest dreams, would they have imagined leaving the UK with more than one foot already in the semi-finals.
The tipping point for this equality would probably have already passed. After trailing 2-0 in the first leg, Mohamed Salah thought he had equalised Liverpool with a goal against Kop in the 79th minute.
The goal missed via VAR by the maximum margin. And to add insult to injury, Mario Pašalić scored a third for the Italians four minutes later.
Liverpool are the clear favourites to win tonight in Italy. But in the bets to qualify for the semi-finals, the Reds are 9/2, with Atalanta at 1/7.
Atalanta is one of the most successful teams in Serie A, but it also concedes a lot. Goals seem inevitable in the second leg.
Liverpool may get the result tonight in Italy, but they’ve probably already tried too hard to reach the semi-finals.
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Atalanta have scored 57 goals in 31 Serie A games this season. Only Inter and AC Milan have more, and they have one and two respectively.
Liverpool want to advance in Italy and, because of that, they will most likely be left open in defence.
But they know that their way of getting the points back is to score goals from the start. This can lead to an opening of the game and a goal-fest.
Liverpool are now two games apiece. Something has to give.
Salah, Núñez and Díaz up front opposed Crystal Palace and were unable to locate that advantage. Gapko, Núñez and Elliott all opposed Atalanta last week and all failed.
Diogo Jota came off the bench in either of those games and failed to score in either, he still has Liverpool’s most productive targets in terms of proportion of minutes played in all competitions this season (excluding the regular starters).
It makes no sense to leave Jota on the bench in a game where Liverpool desperately need goals. If he starts, attack him in 7/5 to score at any time.
It’s almost ridiculous to recommend that Liverpool want to keep things tight in order to concede an early goal.
The top line they play makes them vulnerable defensively, but that creates a lot of opportunities on the other end of the field.
Liverpool only know how to play like that. They’re not going to replace it now. And that’s because it works normally. So why would they replace?
Atalanta are also prolific passing scorers. They know Liverpool will come after them and punish the Reds when they get their inevitable chances.
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