15 Mar 2024 12:30:50
Atalanta in Europa League quarters. Hopefully on of easier opponents we could face.
15 Mar 2024 12:53:14
Atalanta are no mugs.
The only team I wanted to avoid is Roma because of their ultras. Not worth the trouble. It actually annoys me that they are allowed to continue in the tournament after consistent issues.
15 Mar 2024 12:54:57
Jürgen V Alonso in the final could have a great story behind it.
15 Mar 2024 13:14:04
Be good to see how alonso does against wet spam.
15 Mar 2024 13:27:36
Liverpool should be destroying this competition, no matter who we face. Atalanta are not the tricky, sleek team they were from 2018-2021 when they had Ilicic and Gomez causing chaos. They also can’t defend.
As the Sparta Prague manager classily pointed out yesterday, Liverpool are a high-level Champions League team playing at a much higher level than the other teams in this competition. No excuses for not winning it.
15 Mar 2024 13:34:37
Leverkusen are not getting to the final they barely beat Qarabag, reckon West Ham will beat them tbh.
15 Mar 2024 14:20:21
@Kloppers, i do share your view point. Leverkusen could actually underestimate west ham. West ham is playing top football by the way they crush Freiburg. Will be real test for Leverkusen.
15 Mar 2024 15:26:30
Leek, top football? West Ham? Have you seen their last several games in the PL where many of their fans wanted (and still want) Moyes gone? Miss me with that stuff, man. Top football and WH in the same sentence is the stuff of pure comedy.
As fo Atalanta, we could have gotten Milan or Roma so I'll take it. We play up to our potential, we beat them and go thru.
15 Mar 2024 15:36:44
Agree with everything you've said there, OliRed.
15 Mar 2024 15:53:51
OliRed watch West Ham closer, when Paqueta plays they play. No coincidence their form dropped this season whilst he was unavailable.
Some feckless performances this season no doubt but any team with Paqueta, Bowen and Kudos playing can cause teams huge problems. Leverkusen have been superlative all season but are not infallible, West Ham I believe have won 26/ 28 of their last European matches. Highly unlikely it will be a procession and should be a good tie.
15 Mar 2024 16:31:33
Any of the teams left could beat any other on a given day.
Over 2 legs though is there anyone left that could beat Liverpool? I don’t think so.
15 Mar 2024 16:47:37
Big Jorg, I fully agree with you on the Paqueta being absent and all that BUT to say that WH has been playing top footie is just porkies, man. Have they had good performances? yeas. Have they had wretched ones? ABsolutely. Vs Arsenal (6-0), Nott. Forest (5-0) and at Fulham (5-0). Did I also mention vs LFC (5-1 and 3-1)?
That ain't top football by any stretch when you get battered by near tennis scores once in a while. Vs Leverkusen? It will be a great tie and Im looking forward to him.
15 Mar 2024 16:56:21
I agree with that BP, I don't think any of teams left will beat us over 2 legs but a final a different story, 1 off game anything can happen. Good draw for us overall, although as far as winning it goes we probably better off playing leverkusan in quater final rather than a final as they be possibly distracted with closing out bundesliga title win. By time final is on they probably have it won.
15 Mar 2024 17:17:46
We’ll win this Europa League with ease if we want.
Only way we don’t, is if we literally Chuck it because we focus on other competitions.
15 Mar 2024 17:58:17
I'd quite like to see us hit double digits against Rome, just to teach their ultras a lesson.
15 Mar 2024 18:56:52
@Lowel, I totally agree with you - what’s the need in playing any of the games ? We are far, far better than any of the other teams left in it. I’ve actually just written to UEFA pointing this out and have asked them just to send the trophy over to Anfield as early as possible next week.
15 Mar 2024 19:28:26
I can see a Liverpool vs West Ham final tbh. Paqueta is back fit and they’re pretty resilient in European matches.
15 Mar 2024 19:33:36
Leverkusen with batter West Ham this way and that way.
15 Mar 2024 20:37:33
Agree with Lowe. I take nothing for granted, but I think I will be a bit disappointed if we don't add this to Klopps trophy haul.
15 Mar 2024 23:13:46
We'll win this trophy, I have no doubts about it. We're so strong this season, no team will come close. Leverkusen deserve respect, they've done very well this season and I think they'll have enough to get into the final vs us.
16 Mar 2024 06:30:04
Salah - Agreed on all points. Liverpool have coped quite remarkably with the injury crisis that would have ruined the seasons of pretty much every other team in the league. A lot of that is down to Jurgen Klopp, but it must be said our squad is packed with amazing technical quality. Though I doubt Alisson will play again until August, I think the injuries we have sustained in 2024 may turn out to give us the vital energy boost we’ll need to win 2 or 3 trophies this season.