As bad as the players were this game. Klopp is also to blame. He should of fielded his best team from the start. Try and get the lead and then use all his subs and rest players.
Going weaker from the start also shows the players that he doesnt think Atalanta should be feared. ( yes i know we need to rotate).
So everyone is to blame for a lack of urgency and casual lackadaisical attitude to this game.
Its not that we dont want to win. Its that we thought the win was guaranteed.
On top of this, I think we could theoretically afford to put out a āweakerā team IF we always played in a consistent style and the lads coming in fitted into it. But weāre making changes that fundamentally change the shape and output of players. Gakpo and Elliot are completely different to Diaz and Salah. Gomez at right back completely different to how Bradley has been playing the role and kostas, who just didnāt play well tbh, unable to play like a left sided Bradley or left sided Gomez or Robertson. No consistency in styles, patterns or ideas
The Liverpool crowd has always been our not so secret weapon, especially on European nights. The crowd is the fuel that energizes this team. To organize an action that takes that weapon and fuel away during a European night quarter final leg, is akin to cutting off your nose to spite your face. Ironic for a group, such as SOS, that purposes to support their team to such a great degree, that they choose to help torpedo that same team during a crucial part of the season. Thereās a time and a place, and now is not it.
Iād say that actually on the contrary, things got worse once the preferred individuals came on.
It felt more like a lack of chemistry and just overall precision in everything we did, more than any lack in individual quality per se.
Klopp made that point himself in his post-match
If there is a team that is capable of turning this around itās Liverpool. It wonāt be easy, but itās certainly not out of the question 
Fortunately, for me, Iām not really arsed either way. Iād much rather get caught out in this competition, and then try to sort it out, than the league. If we get battered on Sunday itās over imo, but the fat lady (Lizzo) aināt singing just yetā¦
See spotty clock has spouted his 5 pennath regarding the Atalanta debacleā¦just shut up u clog lumpā¦
Thatās no way to talk about Mascotā¦
I would neverā¦
I have no idea who this isā¦??
You and everyone else, it seems.
Think of a mancā¦who is the best thing since sliced breadā¦with an unfortunate skin complexionā¦the āclog lumpā refers to a thick piece of wood used in the mining industryā¦clues helpā¦
Really, sounds like any Mancunian. Can you narrow it down a bit more?
Rasmusā¦
I think the biggest issue with SOS is that they just seem totally detached from reality. Talking about lads being unable to put food on the table is just really, really tone deaf.
I would imagine there are plenty of lads in Liverpool who genuinely struggle to put food on the table thinking how nice it would be if the thing they were weighing against buying food this week was going to a game of football.