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View image in fullscreenJürgen Klopp defends Salah’s finishing after Liverpool exit Europa LeagueSalah scores penalty but misses big chance against AtalantaKlopp: ‘We didn’t lose the tie tonight, we lost it at home’

Jürgen Klopp said Liverpool squandered their Europa League chances at Anfield last week as he insisted Mohamed Salah’s wastefulness was not the cause of their quarter-final exit against Atalanta.

Liverpool were unable to overturn a 3-0 first leg deficit in the quarter-final despite dominating the first half and Salah converting an early penalty.

A 1-0 win signalled the last European game of Klopp’s Liverpool reign.



The Liverpool manager admitted the failure to add a second goal was crucial in Bergamo but refused to pin the blame on Salah, who was guilty of the biggest miss.

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“We didn’t lose the tie tonight, we lost it at home last week,” said the Liverpool manager.

It’s not that Mo didn’t miss chances before in his life, that’s part of the game.

I won’t make a big story of it.”

Liverpool struggled to create as many chances in the second half and exited Europe without seriously threatening another comeback.

Klopp reflected: “The biggest problem in the second half was that we couldn’t keep the tempo.