Atalanta vs Liverpool , 2nd Leg , Europa League , 18th April , Prematch Thread

Liverpool teams have a habit of doing the impossible. That of course works both ways as we have somehow managed to lose the last two matches and scraped a draw with MU.
Hoping we still have some magic in our boots but more importantly that the coaches have worked harder on our lads playing like a team, instead of 2/3 of them and the rest running around wasting energy and losing the ball…
It’s the hope that kills though…up the Reds :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Atalanta’s home form this season;

Played - 15
Won - 10
Drawn - 2
Lost - 3
GF - 33
GA - 12
GD+21

Last 5 Home (league) - WWWLD

Overall (league) LDWLD

Their current league form is somewhat poor.

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So is ours.

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I think if we can get an early goal we could swamp them…team dependent.

However we all know about our tired, lazy starts even at home, so its likely to be worse away.

If they get the early exchanges i think it’ll be a slow boring night

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That’s shit news. We do terribly against makeshift defence.

I didn’t say it wasn’t.

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The last 2 figures are gonna be looking very different after tonight baby.

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They won’t - that’s only Serie A form.

Seth Meyers Yes GIF by Late Night with Seth Meyers

I’m looking forward to this game! Should know by half time where it’s heading. Has the potential to be very exciting!!

Too bad the game is at Anfield…

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It’s ok, we did shite enough against these two as well :blush:.

I find it fascinating that they have this game so late in Italy just to maintain the TV schedule.

won’t kickoff be 9pm local time? so late…

Imagine if we smash em 0-10

I know i know…but you never know lol

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0-4 would do nicely

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I guess, it must have been a very a long time since our best back 5 started a game, which may happen tonight with Ali, Virgil, Robbo,Ibou and Trent.
This game will show us the mettle these new lads have in adversity. Most of these guys have not been in a title race or faced a second leg with such deficit. It’s a test for them and probably a glimpse for us as fans , of where these guys can take us over the next few years. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
Boss needs to do something different tonight tactically to take Atlanta by surprise. :thinking:
The counter pressing has to be spot on tonight from the front 3 and we need to ensure, everybody wants the ball and need to maintain shape while defending. They will target Trent today , like Napoli did last year, I guess.
If we play like we did in the batches against United, we will win this by a bigger margin. I am fairly confident tonight. I believe , this is Klopp’s last dance tonight and he is not gonna let Atlanta have it so easy today.

My score prediction tonight is : 4-1 win for the Reds. ET screamer from Elliot. Although, ET is bad for the weekend game for sure.

Team for tonight (4 - 4 - 2 Diamond)
------------Ali-------------------
Trent - Ibou - Virgil - Robbo
------ Endo-----
Szobo --------- Mac
------------Jota-------
Salah - Gakpo

Diaz, Nunez and Harvey to come at 70 min, switch to 4-3-3 and run riot !!

Come on Redmen,…I believe …Never Give up :+1:

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What do you suppose Jürgen’s pre match talk is going to be? We have had the team running on fumes for weeks but we seem to have a crisis of finishing at the moment. I’m guessing that, “stick the fucking ball in the fucking net”, isn’t quite going to cut it.

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Twitter lineup

Not official

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score, or die…

Could be worse, if true!