Liverpool vs. Atalanta | Jurgen Klopp Pre-Match Press Conference
Liverpool vs. Atalanta | Jurgen Klopp Pre-Match Press Conference
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
The two previous European meetings between Liverpool and Atalanta were in the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League group stage, both away wins – 5-0 to Liverpool and 2-0 to Atalanta.
2
Atalanta’s last UEFA Europa League match against an English team was a 5-1 hammering of Everton at Goodison Park in November 2017. Having already beaten Liverpool at Anfield in the UEFA Champions League in 2020, they are one of three teams to win away at both Merseyside clubs in major European competition, along with Benfica and Lyon.
3
Liverpool have scored 28 goals in eight UEFA Europa League matches this season – in just two previous major European campaigns have they scored 30+ goals, doing so in 2017-18 (41) and 2021-22 (30). The Reds have also had the most shots on target (63) in the Europa League this season.
4
Atalanta have reached their fifth major European quarter-final and their third in the last five seasons, going out in both of the previous two (2019-20 vs PSG in the UEFA Champions League and 2021-22 vs RB Leipzig in the Europa League).
5
Liverpool have won four UEFA Europa League matches this season by 4+ goals (5-1 vs Toulouse, 4-0 vs LASK, 5-1 & 6-1 vs Sparta Prague). In major European football history, the only side to do so more often in one season is Benfica in 1964-65 (five times).
