Liverpool's season can still be classed as "outstanding", believes manager Jurgen Klopp, despite the Reds' recent elimination from the Europa Conference at the quarter-final stage.
Liverpool crashed out of the Europa League after a 1-0 win against Atalanta that wasn't enough to overturn their quarter-final deficit, while Bayer Leverkusen's 1-1 draw at West Ham took
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp remains positive about their place in the title race and still believes if they win all remaining six matches they will be Premier League champions again. A difficult run of results – starting with a draw at Manchester United and followed by home defeats to Atalanta and Crystal Palace – ended with a 1-0 Europa League victory in Bergamo but that could not prevent their exit from the Europa League 3-1 on aggregate at the quarter-final stage.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp discusses the similarities between Wednesday's Europa League quarter-final second leg at Atalanta to the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona in 2019.
Lille's Benjamin Andre, center, celebrates with his teammates Tiago Santos, left, and Leny Yoro, right, after scoring the second goal against Aston Villa during the Europa Confere
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepted their lack of goal threat failed to put enough pressure on Atalanta to help turn their Europa League quarter-final back in their favour on Thursday night. Mohamed Salah's seventh-minute penalty had raised hopes of a Barcelona 2019-style comeback but the Egypt international missed a relatively straightforward lob to make it 2-0 towards the end of the first half and they faded badly after the break as they exited the competition 3-1 on aggregate.
Liverpool's hopes of ending Jurgen Klopp's reign with a European trophy are over after they failed to overturn a first-leg deficit against Atalanta. The Reds travelled to Italy on the back of a 3-0 defeat at Anfield last Thursday and,
Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League by Atalanta with the Italian side reaching the semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate on Thursday.Atalanta last reached the semi-finals of a European competition in 1988 when they were knocked out of the old Cup Winners' Cup by Mechelen.
So it's to Italy for the second leg as Liverpool look to become the first team in UEFA Cup and Europa League history to advance after losing a first leg at home by three or more goals. Atlanta have also only lost one home game in the competition's history,
Jurgen Klopp is evoking the spirit of Liverpool’s greatest ever comeback in a last-ditch attempt to ensure a glittering European career at the club does not meander to an inglorious end.