After Atalanta’s 3-0 home loss to Liverpool in the Europa League, captain Virgil van Dijk conceded that his team was punished for “sloppy” errors.
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In the first leg of a quarter-final that Atalanta is fully in control of taking back to Bergamo because of a brace from Gianluca Scamacca and a late goal from Mario Pasalic, Liverpool lacked imagination and cohesion.It was an extremely frustrating evening, Van Dijk said on TNT Sports. We were penalized for making too many individual errors. It hurts.
Given their man-marking approach, we need to perform far better. We need to perform better and exert considerably more force when we have the ball. They instantly reprimanded us because the spots were unoccupied. It was a really disappointing night for all of us, but we must move on from it quickly. We need everyone excited about the upcoming big game. We need to focus once again on achieving outcomes.
We were completely exposed. More often than not, we gave up goals because we mishandled the ball in tight spots. It aches. However, it cannot defeat us. We must act really swiftly.It was the Reds’ first setback at Anfield since losing to Real Madrid in February of last year, and it made the Premier League hopefuls’ possibly expensive 2-2 draw against fierce rivals Manchester United on Sunday much more painful.
“Of course it hurts,” Van Dijk continued. It’s been a while since we’ve lost here.
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We really missed out on opportunities to score one or two.
Going to Italy is pointless if you don’t believe. We’ve generated a lot of trouble for ourselves by starting there behind 3-0.However, winning the game on the weekend is the best way to recover.
“Everyone needs to turn it back on.” After that, we can concentrate on achieving at least four of those objectives.