Europa League
Liverpool are threatened with elimination from the Europa League during Jürgen Klopp’s farewell tour. Atalanta Bergamo celebrated a brilliant performance in the quarter-final first leg on Thursday evening with a 3-0 away win at Anfield Road. Gianluca Scamacca (38th, 60th) and Mario Pasalic (83rd) scored for Atalanta. Bayer Leverkusen created a good basis for promotion with a 2-0 win against West Ham United. AS Roma secured an away win with a 1-0 (1-0) win at AC Milan. Benfica Lisbon beat Olympique Marseille 2:1 (1:0).
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Given the busy program in the Premier League and European Cup, Klopp initially put his star striker Mohamed Salah on the bench, as did Luis Diaz. Caoimhin Kelleher started again in goal and was soon challenged in a furious opening phase. Kelleher deflected a shot from Pasalic from close range with his cheek to the corner (4th). But Liverpool also had a huge chance after a quarter of an hour: Darwin Nunez lacked efficiency in front of the visitors’ goal. Harvey Elliott was unlucky, whose almost perfectly curled shot bounced off the crossbar and pole (26′).
However, Bergamo presented themselves as the expected tough opponents who were often able to successfully disrupt the home team’s build-up to the game. An advance on the right gave the Lombards, who also played against Sturm Graz (2:2, 1:0) in the group phase, the lead. Scamacca – who worked for West Ham a year ago – finished and the ball didn’t seem unstoppable.
Liverpool are defeated by Atalanta
Liverpool FC suffered a surprising home defeat in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. The “Reds” clearly had to admit defeat to Atalanta Bergamo 0-3.
Atalanta adds twice more
In addition to Salah, Liverpool also had Dominik Szoboszlai and Andy Robertson after the break, and after an hour Diaz also came on for the hapless Nunez. The “Reds” increased the pressure, but Bergamo scored the goal. To the surprise of many, Charles de Ketelaer was not offside; Scamacca finished his cross dry with a half-volley to make it 2-0.
Liverpool were no longer able to make a comeback. Salah’s supposed 1:2 was rightly disallowed due to the Egyptian’s narrow offside position (79th), before things got even worse for the English. After another mistake, Pasalic even managed to score the third goal for coach Gian Piero Gasperini’s team, who then fought for the result with a lot of effort over time.
Late goals for Leverkusen
Despite having significantly better opportunities, Leverkusen had to be patient against West Ham for a long time before Jonas Hofmann volleyed home the lead in the 83rd minute. Another “Joker” scored, Victor Boniface (91st). Xabi Alonso’s team – which could celebrate the German championship for the first time this weekend – remained unbeaten in all competitions in the 42nd game of the season.
Leverkusen continues its successful run
Bayer Leverkusen is currently one of the strongest teams in Europe. The designated German champions welcomed West Ham United, last year’s Conference League winners, at home. Thanks to late goals, Leverkusen was able to celebrate a victory.
Roma wins Italian duel
Part one of the all-Italian duel went to Roma. The “Giallorossi” won 1-0 against Milan in Milan. Gianluca Mancini, the winning goalscorer in the Roman derby against Lazio at the weekend, headed a corner into the goal (17th).
Roma wins Italian duel against Milan
In the all-Italian duel, AS Roma celebrated a victory against AC Milan. Thanks to a header from Gianluca Mancini, the Romans go into the second leg in a good position in the fight for a place in the semi-finals.
Benfica beat Olympique Marseille and gave coach Roger Schmidt some breathing space. Rafa Silva (16th) and Angel Di Maria (52nd) initially scored for Portugal’s record champions in Lisbon, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (67th) preserved the southern French’s chances of promotion with his tenth goal in the current competition.
