Deserves to lose, Liverpool lacks discipline

Liverpool, Beritasatu.com – Liverpool lacked tactical discipline against Atalanta on Friday (12/4/2024), so they deserved to lose the match 3-0 legs first quarter-final of the Europa League.

This was stated by the manager The Reds Jurgen Klopp.

Atalanta's Gianluca Scamacca scored twice, with Mario Pasalic sealing the Italian club's impressive win at Anfield. This was Liverpool's heaviest defeat at home in European competition.

“It was a very bad game, my God. We started well, very well, and then didn't continue. I think even before they scored, we just lost a little bit,” Klopp told reporters.

“The midfield is spread like that, right midfielder on the left side, left midfielder, striker. I didn't realize it, it was really strange. In football terms, that's tactical discipline. “We played a bad match, we deserved to lose and we have to feel it now,” he complained.

Liverpool will try to overturn the deficit in the second leg in Italy next week. But before that they will host Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday.

With the Merseyside club involved in a tight title race with Arsenal and Manchester City in the local competition, Klopp said the players must immediately move on from defeat in the Europa League.

“The players tonight felt bad about it and then we have to build up again for the game against Crystal Palace, that's how it is,” he added.

“This was the lowest point for us in terms of performance tonight, I think,” he said.