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Lacklustre second half, Salah miss, Klopp’s last European game as LFC manager- Talking points from Atalanta-Liverpool 0-1 UEL 2024

Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League despite winning 1-0 in Bergamo on Thursday night, with Atalanta’s 3-0 victory last week in the first leg helping the Italian side progress 3-1 on aggregate. It was a disappointing round for English sides in Europe, with Arsenal, Man City and West Ham also knocked out of continental competition.

Here are our talking points from this Atalanta v Liverpool clash.

Six changes to starting XI

Jurgen Klopp made as many as six changes for this must-win clash, with the likes of Alisson, Mo Salah, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold all restored to the starting XI. This was more like the lineup that Reds fans thought he should’ve fielded in the first leg at Anfield.

First leg starting XI: Kelleher, Tsimikas, Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Jones, Endo, MacAllister, Gakpo, Nunez, Elliott

Second leg starting XI: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Konate, TAA, Jones, Szoboszlai, MacAllister, Gakpo, Diaz, Salah

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xG Atalanta vs Liverpool Europa League 2024 Second Leg Quarterfinal April 18

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Atalanta vs Liverpool (Official crowd attendance of 14,994 at the Gewiss Stadium for this UEL QF Second Leg on 18 April, 2024). Liverpool won 1-0 in Bergamo, but last week’s 3-0 defeat in the first leg meant they lost 3-1 on aggregate.

xG Atalanta 0.48-1.22 Liverpool shots map (Actual score ATA 0-1 LIV)

0-1 Salah penalty goal vs Atalanta xG 0.80

Salah also had a decent chance before half time (39th minute- had to chip keeper from distance- xG 0.09). That went wide though, and Liverpool didn’t really create any other chance of note in the second half.

First half shots: Atalanta 1-8 Liverpool
Second half shots: Atalanta 7-2 Liverpool

xG Atalanta vs Liverpool 2024 Second Leg

Despite chasing the tie and leading 1-0 at the break, Liverpool managed only two shots in the second half (Van Dijk 58′ and Nunez 90+2′ header)

Atalanta vs Liverpool 0-1 Match Stats for comparison

(Atalanta on left; LFC on right)

71% of possession for LFC- they made nearly 2.5x as many passes as Atalanta did.

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xG Liverpool vs Crystal Palace 2024 | Expected Goals Stats LFC 0-1 CPFC Attendance 60,090

Jones chance v Palace 2024

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Liverpool vs Crystal Palace (official crowd attendance of 60,090 at Anfield on 14 April, 2024)

Despite having 70% of possession and 21 shots to 8 (second half was 14 shots to 2 in Liverpool’s favour), the Reds ended up losing 1-0.

xG Liverpool 3.09-1.69 Crystal Palace shots map (Actual score LIV 0-1 CRY)

0-1 Eze goal vs Liverpool xG 0.61

xG Liverpool vs Crystal Palace 2024

Some notable Liverpool chances vs Crystal Palace April 2024 game

27th minute Endo chance v Palace xG 0.35
55th minute Nunez chance v Palace xG 0.45
72nd minute Jota chance vs Palace xG 0.54
75th minute Curtis Jones chance v Palace xG 0.41
90+1′ Salah chance vs Palace xG 0.50

(mixture of hitting post/woodwork, being blocked and saved by Dean Henderson)

Palace’s chances, apart from the goal, went to Mateta in the 18th and 74th minutes (two very good opportunities, especially the 74th minute one)

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