Liverpool will beat Atalanta in ‘chaotic’ Europa League comeback, Danny Murphy predicts
Atalanta pulled off a stunning 3-0 win over Liverpool last week (Photo: Getty)
Danny Murphy has boldly predicted that Liverpool will produce yet another miraculous comeback to beat Atalanta in the Europa League.
Liverpool were the favourites to win the competition but that was before a shocking 3-0 defeat at Anfield against the Serie A side in the first-leg of their quarter-final tie.
It leaves them with a mountain to climb in the second-leg which takes place on Thursday night at the Gewiss Stadium.
It’s been an awful couple of weeks for Jurgen Klopp’s side who have also gone from leading the Premier League title race to third and two points behind Manchester City after a draw at Manchester United and defeat to Crystal Palace.
With momentum in the league poor, it is possible that Klopp will write the Atalanta clash off and focus his efforts on the title run-in, but former Liverpool star Murphy doesn’t believe that will be the case.
He backs the manager to name a strong side and pull of a shock comeback, but in order to do so the Reds must score early on.
‘The team selection [for the first-leg] has been criticised and probably rightly so,’ he told talkSPORT.
The Europa League might be Jurgen Klopp’s last chance to win a trophy before he leaves Liverpool (Photo: Getty)
‘Too many of the senior players not on the pitch and then he [Klopp] changed it at half-time so he knew his mistake, but by then Atalanta had some momentum and...
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