April 12 , Kathmandu. In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Liverpool lost 3-0 to the Italian club Atalanta at home.
Having suffered an unexpected defeat at home, Liverpool will now have to climb a big hill to reach the next stage. Former West Ham forward Gianluca Scamakka scored in the 38th and 60th minutes to give Atlanta a comfortable victory. Similarly, Mario Masalik, who is also a former Chelsea player, added a goal in the 83rd minute. Darwin Nunez missed two good chances for Liverpool. Similarly, Yuwan Musso saved Mohamed Salah's shot, who started the game from the bench. After the victory in the away leg, Atlanta has become a contender to reach the semi-finals. The second leg will be played at Atlanta's home ground next week.
The winner of this match will play either Benfica or Marseille in the semi-finals. Benfica defeated Marseille 2-1 at home in the first leg. In the other matches of the quarterfinal first leg, Roma defeated AC Milan 1-0 and German club Bayer Leverkusen defeated English club West Ham United 2-0 in the clash between Italian clubs.
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