Atalanta stuns Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield, Leverkusen beats West Ham 2-0 in the Europa League

Gianluca Scamacca struck twice as visiting Atalanta upset Liverpool 3-0 within the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday.

The loss damages Liverpool’s hopes of a treble of trophies in supervisor Jurgen Klopp’s remaining season at Anfield.

The Italian guests went into the break up 1-0 after Scamacca obtained a low drive previous goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher within the thirty eighth minute.

Klopp despatched on Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Andy Robertson as substitutes for the second half, however Scamacca netted once more after Charles De Ketelaere fed him on the far put up on the hour mark.

Mario Pašalić completed the scoring seven minutes from time.

Atalanta received at Anfield 2-0 within the group stage of the Champions League in 2020.

Liverpool received the English League Cup and is in a decent Premier League title race with Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis. Klopp’s crew was eradicated from the FA Cup within the quarterfinals.

The lackluster show Thursday would possibly become Klopp’s remaining European sport at Anfield. The crew wants a giant comeback in Bergamo to remain alive.

“That was a foul efficiency and that’s how it’s,” Klopp advised TNT Sports activities. “That’s how we misplaced. It feels all the time on this second that they’re by way of however till we play (them once more) they aren’t.”

If Liverpool reaches the Europa League remaining in Dublin on Could 22, it could be Klopp’s remaining sport in cost after almost 9 years.

Bayer Leverkusen obtained late objectives from substitutes Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface to high West Ham 2-0 and prolong its unbeaten streak to 42 video games in a season that may additionally find yourself with a treble of trophies.

Hofmann netted on a rebound within the 83rd earlier than Boniface clinched a well-deserved victory with a header in stoppage time.

With a 16-point lead atop the Bundesliga, Xabi Alonso’s crew is on track to clinch its first-ever league title and has reached the German Cup remaining.

In an all-Italian matchup, Gianluca Mancini headed in a winner off a nook kick from Paulo Dybala to upset AC Milan 1-0 at San Siro.

Mancini additionally scored the lone aim within the Italian capital derby in opposition to Lazio on Saturday in Serie A.

It was the primary win for Roma over Milan since October 2019.

Milan, the seven-time European champion, has by no means received the second-tier Europa League or its predecessor, the UEFA Cup.

Milan has by no means even reached the ultimate — one thing Roma achieved twice, dropping each in 1991 and final yr.

Rafa Silva and veteran ahead Ángel Di María scored in every half for Benfica to beat Marseille 2-1. In an encounter of two former European champions. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one again for Marseille, which misplaced its fifth straight sport in all competitions.

Aubameyang has 24 objectives this season in whole.

The second-leg video games will likely be performed subsequent week.

EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Kostas Fortounis scored and supplied an help to assist Olympiakos beat Fenerbahce 3-2 within the first leg of the Europa Convention League quarterfinals on Thursday.

Olympiakos constructed a 3-0 lead in Piraeus and held on after the Turkish crew fought again with two second-half objectives.

Fortounis opened the scoring after simply eight minutes, netting his fifth aim of the European marketing campaign. He then arrange Stevan Jovetić to double the lead earlier than halftime.

Chiquinho made it 3-0 with a exact low drive approaching the hour mark earlier than Dušan Tadić pulled one again from the penalty spot and İrfan Can Kahveci added the second for Fenerbahce.

Olympiakos is without doubt one of the two Greek groups within the final eight hoping to achieve a house remaining in Athens.

The opposite, PAOK, misplaced 1-0 at Membership Brugge.

Ollie Watkins and captain John McGinn scored early in every half to safe a 2-1 win for Aston Villa over Lille for supervisor Unai Emery, who claimed the Europa League on 4 events — 3 times with Sevilla and as soon as with Villarreal.

Viktoria Plzeň held final yr’s runner-up Fiorentina to a 0-0 attract what was the primary European quarterfinal for the Czech membership, which hasn’t conceded a aim for seven straight video games within the third-tier competitors.

As Fiorentina seemed in management within the second half, the match was interrupted for a number of minutes due to flares that its followers threw onto the pitch.

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