'Against a team of greats' - Atalanta boss admits concern over Liverpool history

Gian Piero Gasperini has described Atalanta's Europa League quarter-final tie against Liverpool as arguably the biggest game in the club's history.

And after referencing the Liverpool's historic comeback in the 2005 Champions League final as a reason for why his team cannot switch off after their 3-0 win at Anfield in the first leg, the Italian coach said he expects to see the best version of Jurgen Klopp's team at the Gewiss Stadium.

Mario Pasalic added to Gianluca Scamacca's brace last week to leave Atalanta firmly in the driving seat ahead of the second leg in Bergamo on Thursday night. However, the Reds have previous for such turnarounds under Klopp in Europe.

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They can lay claim to having beaten Barcelona 4-0 at home in the semi-final of the Champions League five years ago, having lost the first leg at the Nou Camp 3-0, and Borussia Dortmund to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League, despite being 3-1 down with 25 minutes to go in 2016.

It is the famous win over AC Milan in 2005, however, that Gasperini noted when talking up his visitors' chances on producing another dramatic comeback. "We are happy to play a match of this value in front of our fans, finally with the stadium taking shape," Gasperini said. "We know that it will be one of the most important games in our history, if not the most important.

"But these are things that are said on the eve of the game, then comes the moment when we will have to know how to isolate ourselves. We know the difficulty, for us they are still the same team, despite us winning the first leg. Tomorrow