The most beautiful defeat, the sweetest knockout. Of history. And it was Atalanta who made history once again: nothing remunerated, Liverpool won 1-0 but failed to overturn the 3-0 lead from the first leg. The Nerazzurri achieved an incredible qualification for the Europa League semi-finals and now await the outcome between Marseille and Benfica: the daydream continues. And the Goddess he no longer wants to wake up.
Salah immediately breaks the deadlock
Liverpool started at the right pace, immediately pressing on the accelerator. And on the first half-chance the Reds found the opening goal on a penalty kick: Salah took care of it – after Ruggeri’s handball following Alexander-Arnold’s cross – to wrong-foot Juan Musso. Klopp’s team inevitably took courage, in the 12th minute the Nerazzurri defense misread a deep ball, Luis Diaz took advantage of it by running away, but the Argentine goalkeeper came out in the right time. Atalanta, overwhelmed in the initial approach, tried to cancel the blackout with three-four balls recovered in the middle of the pitch, while the Reds always gave the feeling of being able to do harm: Salah with his usual leap wasted the lob to make it 2-0 , a few minutes later Koopmeiners found the equalizer but the Dutchman was stopped due to an irregular position.
Bergamo celebrates
In the second half the Nerazzurri tried to play with greater conviction, after a handful of minutes Ederson wasted the equalizing ball following a series of rebounds in the opponent’s area. And Liverpool? The team admired in the first half was seen very little, not even the substitutions managed to shake up a group that perhaps believed little in remunerated. A couple of crosses were intercepted by Musso, the hosts even came close to equalizing with Scamacca, but the number 90’s shot ended high over the crossbar. In the end only a chorus could be heard: “Bergamo, Bergamo, Bergamo”. And the whole city can dream again.
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