Liverpool, after chasing a treble of their own, are now down to just the Premier League to fight for as they go tumbling out of the Europa League in a 3-1 aggregate scoreline leaving Klopp’s final season as an underwhelming one.
Liverpool were heavy favourites coming into the tie as they were leading in the Premier League table ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal whilst Atalanta were sitting 7th place in the Serie A, leading fans to believe that this was just a brush over for Klopp’s men.
However, it didn’t go that way in a crumbling 3-0 defeat at Anfield left fans and the players scratching their heads on what happened in a game that seemed straight forward to win. Maybe it was the idea that they were better than them, and the confidence took over the fact that they are a fighting side that weren’t going to go down quietly.
In the most important part of the season, Liverpool have seemed to have hit a slump of form in their run in to the end of the title race which has effected their performances in the Europa League at the same time. A shocking 3-0 loss to Atalanta at home followed by a 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace put them in a position of doubt after looking comfortably in control and looking to take over the game.
The return fixture in Italy proved to be too hard for Klopp’s men to come back from and left them out of every competition bar the Premier League. A 3-0 deficit eventually broke them and they only managed 1 goal back from a Mo Salah penalty in the 7th minute which gave them hope, but that was the end of it.
After going out of the Europa League in astonishing fashion, Jurgen Klopp’s legacy at Liverpool will be ending in just 6 games with them all being in the Premier League in a title race that no one can seem to name as the leader at the moment.
With their heads turned to the Premier League, they look ahead to Sunday where they travel to Fulham to try and keep their title chances alive with Manchester City missing this weekends games due to their semi-final tie against Chelsea which will decide if Guardiola can end this year with a domestic double with Klopp already taking the crown of the EFL Cup.
Arsenal will face off against Wolves in the Premier League tomorrow with themselves coming off of a 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League and dropping points in the title race to Aston Villa last weekend.
The title race could be a three-way final day decider, one that has never been seen before in Premier League football where all three teams could reach the 90 point mark. Leading to the most competitive title race in years.
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