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LiverpoolGian Piero Gasperini
Atalanta
Meeting Highlights…INJURY REPORT
Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson and Stefan Bajetic have all returned to full training. Decision has not been made whether the first three will be in contention on Thursday, but Bajetic is likely to play for the under-21s before he features for the first team. We have to see how we involve them, how we use them. We need them but we need them in the best possible shape. If they are now ready for minutes, it is perfect timing.
…WINNING THE TITLE
On the chance to win the Europa League, the only trophy he is yet to win with Liverpool. It's not personal for me, it's for us. Eight years ago when we played in Basel and lost against Sevilla it was not a great start - but it was the start for many other things.
…ATALANTA
Gian Piero Gasperini has been doing a brilliant job for years. Tactically, they are super-disciplined and super-dangerous in other areas. We are not thinking about the final. We really have to be at our best.
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Manager on Liverpool…INJURY REPORT
Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson and Stefan Bajetic have all returned to full training. Decision has not been made whether the first three will be in contention on Thursday, but Bajetic is likely to play for the under-21s before he features for the first team. We have to see how we involve them, how we use them. We need them but we need them in the best possible shape. If they are now ready for minutes, it is perfect timing.
…WINNING THE TITLE
On the chance to win the Europa League, the only trophy he is yet to win with Liverpool. It's not personal for me, it's for us. Eight years ago when we played in Basel and lost against Sevilla it was not a great start - but it was the start for many other things.
…ATALANTA
Gian Piero Gasperini has been doing a brilliant job for years. Tactically, they are super-disciplined and super-dangerous in other areas. We are not thinking about the final. We really have to be at our best.
Gian Piero Gasperini
Manager on Atalanta…LIVERPOOL
A team of great champions and young players of great value, it is a splendid example, perhaps the best, they are two teams that have radically changed compared to three and a half years ago, they have renewed themselves a lot. The pitch determines it: Klopp says he is not the favourite to keep the competition high, even with the results that are taking place, attention must always be kept high.
…KLOPP
He was exceptional, he determined a mentality here, like he did at Borussia. I know he will leave, but he will leave a renewed team with new goals to pursue. He was a reference for the results, for the triumphs that he achieved, not only in terms of the game, but also for the mentality that he put in and for how he interprets football. His way of making teams play has always been an important reference.
…MUSSO’S PLAYTIME
He plays tomorrow because he is a boy who started at the start of the competition, then I opted for other choices, but he has always been an exemplary professional and has always helped Marco with his work. He played throughout the competition and if we are here it is also thanks to his saves.