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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes his side\u2019s inability to deal with aggressive man-to-man marking over the pitch was a key reason behind their 3-0 loss at home to Atalanta.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reds\u2019 hopes of sending Klopp off in a blaze of European glory were dealt a significant blow with a\u00a0huge defeat in the first leg\u00a0of their Europa League quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Former West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca gave Atalanta the lead just before half-time and then doubled their advantage on the other side of the break. Mario Pasalic, once on the books at Chelsea, rounded off the scoring in the final 10 minutes to seal a famous win for the Serie A side.<\/p>\n

In his post-match press conference, Klopp bemoaned how\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0performed, but was also keen to praise Atalanta\u2019s display.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can make the shortest press conference of all time, it just was a really bad game, oh my God,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we started well, really well, and then didn\u2019t continue. I think even before they scored but we just lost the plot a little bit, like we were everywhere and nowhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played a bad game, we deserved to lose and we must feel that now. But the boys have exactly this night to feel bad about it and then we have to build up again for the Crystal Palace game [on Sunday], so that\u2019s how it is. You ask me probably about the game next Thursday but there is Crystal Palace in between. So, congratulations Atalanta, really well done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Atalanta ran riot on Thursday \/ Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

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When asked if there was a reason behind Liverpool\u2019s collapse, Klopp replied: \u201cIt\u2019s easy \u2013 Atalanta are causing many teams problems with the way they defend.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I\u2019m wrong but I cannot now remember situations where they outplayed us, it\u2019s just they won the ball and they went from there, so it\u2019s a good idea. You need a lot of tactical discipline to do what they did. They play that man-marking over the whole pitch \u2013 Ederson pressing whoever, Curtis [Jones] in our own box, stuff like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the reason why they won the game, because in these moments you just want to win the ball. Man-marking is uncomfortable when you are not on top of your game. That\u2019s why so many teams play it again. But if you play, if you are in a better playing mood than we were tonight then you can cause massive problems \u2013 but we didn\u2019t. So that\u2019s the reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey defended us and we didn\u2019t try it long enough to play, so then we just suffered from their way, the way they defended. That\u2019s pretty much the explanation, that\u2019s the one point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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