Liverpool vs Atalanta prediction, odds, betting tips and best bets for Europa League quarterfinal second leg

This time last week, Liverpool sat at the top of the Premier League table and were considered amongst the two favourites to win the Europa League in a season still full of promise with just weeks remaining.

Suddenly, in the span of seven days, the Reds are now on the outside looking in for the domestic title, and rest on the precipice of European elimination as they travel to Italy to visit Atalanta on Thursday staring down a 3-0 aggregate deficit.

It's all gone wrong for Jurgen Klopp's men, who suffered a heavy defeat in the first leg of this matchup, before defeat to Crystal Palace over the weekend, with both adverse results coming at their Anfield fortress. With Klopp set to depart the club at the end of the season, it suddenly feels as if the compounding injury issues are finally starting to catch up with Liverpool at the worst possible time.

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Sitting sixth in the Serie A table, Atalanta have won just one of their last five domestic fixtures, but remain totally unbeaten in European play, with a nearly perfect home record of three wins and a draw.

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It's hard to imagine Liverpool will be able to pull off a comeback of this caliber, but they've famously done it before under Jurgen Klopp, so they'll surely put in a shift regardless of whether it actually comes off. Liverpool's biggest issue is finishing, but once they see one go in, the floodgates can often open.

Liverpool should manage to win, but whether they can win by enough remains to be seen.

Liverpool may not make up the three-goal deficit, but you better believe they're going to try.

Even when they're not trying to