We asked at 7:44 if you think Liverpool's hopes of winning the Europa League this season are over.

About 75% of you think the Reds can not forget about saying farewell to Jurgen Klopp with a treble - they most focus on trying to add the Premier League title to the League Cup they have already won this season.

But feel free to keep letting us know. Hit thumbs up if you think the Europa League's gone, thumbs down if the Reds still have a chance.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher on X:, external "Awful result & performance from Liverpool, the only consolation about getting beat so heavily is Jurgen should play a full second string in the second leg & go all in for the league!"

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Stephen Warnock
Former England and Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

As much as you want to put this game to bed, you have got to go there next week and try to win the game 4-0 now. That is a big, big ask for any team to do. If it had been the other way round and it had been at Atalanta, you'd back them to overturn it at Anfield.

I find it very difficult to see them overturning this now. I know anything can happen in football, but Liverpool were way off it.

Ben: @Mike 7.30 - how great Liverpool are is that most people still think they will win the tie, including me, and I'm definitely not a Liverpool fan. 3-0 down at half-time is nothing for that team.

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Lauren Black, Liverpool fan who was at Anfield last night: "It's our worst performance for a long time.

"We've relied a lot on our second-half performance, but we didn't even turn up in the second half either. We just kind of ran out of ideas really - we didn't know what to do or where to go.

"[Atalanta] brought the game to us, they capitalised on our mistakes."

Liverpool

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, speaking to TNT Sports, said it was important not to over-react: "If you don't believe, there's no point going to Italy.

"We have made it very hard for ourselves going there 3-0 down. But the way to bounce back is by winning the game on the weekend [against Crystal Palace].

"We need everyone to switch it back on. Then we can focus on putting out at least four goals over there."

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport

Liverpool's hopes of giving Jurgen Klopp a dream send-off in the Europa League final in Dublin next month are hanging by a thread.

The Reds boss has announced he is leaving the club at the end of the season and his players were keen to extend the season to 22 May when the final of Europe's second-tier competition takes place.

A shock 3-0 home defeat by Atalanta in the quarter-final first leg means that looks an unlikely scenario as it stands.

Klopp, who has steered Liverpool to three Champions League finals - winning it in 2019 - looked bewildered at the final whistle and applauded fans as he disappeared down the tunnel.

But was this his final European game at Anfield after Liverpool suffered their first home defeat since losing 5-2 to Real Madrid in the Champions League in February 2023, ending their 33-game unbeaten run?

• Atalanta are just the second side to win on successive visits to Liverpool in major European competition after Barcelona in March 2007, and the first side to do so in their first two such trips.
• Atalanta's 2.58 expected goals is the highest by a visiting side at Anfield against Liverpool in all competitions since Manchester City in the Premier League in February 2021 (3.47, City won 4-1).

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Stephen Warnock
Former England and Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

[Atalanta] dominated Liverpool. They created so many chances. Liverpool were poor. They were arguably the worst I have ever seen them [under Jurgen Klopp].

Wasteful in possession. So many mistakes all over the pitch but they looked tired. They looked like a team that has played 56 games in a season and you could just see tired minds and tired bodies. But take nothing away from Atalanta. They were magnificent.

It was one of the best opposition performances I have seen at Anfield. I have been to some European nights and seen Liverpool outdone by opposition teams. That was hugely impressive.

To come here and play the way they did and take the game to them, it's outstanding.

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock was forthright in just how bad last night's performance and result was for Jurgen Klopp's side.

But what are your thoughts? Is that Liverpool's hope of a treble gone? Or can they pull off a miraculous turnaround in next week's second leg? Heck, they've done it before!!

Please let us know via the usual channels listed above.

Liverpool

Now let's hear from the man himself, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who admitted that his side deserved to lose to Atalanta in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final.

"We can make this the shortest press conference of all-time, it just was a really bad game," he said.

"We started really well and didn’t continue. We lost the plot a little bit, like we were everywhere and nowhere. Midfield was spread. I didn’t recognise that, that was really quite strange. In football terms, that’s tactical discipline.

"We had a big chance from Darwin [Nunez] and were unlucky with Harvey [Elliott]. Then they scored a goal and we kept playing into their hands. We played a bad game, we deserved to lose. Congratulations Atalanta.

"We must feel bad about that but the boys have exactly this night to feel bad and then we have the Crystal Palace game [on Sunday]."

The Daily Express

The Express reports that Premier League clubs have voted unanimously in favour of introducing semi-automated offside technology, external for next season.

The technology, which has already been used in other elite competitions for a couple of seasons, is due to arrive in England after some high-profile offside errors.

The Daily Express

And finally from today's papers, the Express also leads on Gianluca Scamacca scoring twice in Atalanta's shock 3-0 win at Liverpool and mentions the latest technology which could be used in the Premier League.

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Sheffield United

The Sun also reported the latest news of a points deduction, this time involving Sheffield United.

The Blades will start with a two-point deduction the next time they play in the Championship, following a ruling by the EFL.

The Blades broke EFL rules by defaulting on payments to other clubs during their 2022-23 promotion season.

As well as the initial deduction, the Premier League's bottom club have been handed a further two-point suspension.

The club said it was "disappointed" but will not appeal against the decision.

The Daily Star

West Ham could have done with this version of Gianluca Scamacca last night, as they slipped to a late defeat away to runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen in Germany.

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The I

There's not much cheer across Stanley Park at the moment either. Not only are Everton battling against relegation after another points deduction but, as you may have seen on the i's back page below, insiders have warned that the club is effectively on “life support”, external as prospective owners 777 Partners await to hear whether the Premier League will grant them an extension to complete their takeover.