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“I don’t think they have played well since the Man Utd game (that 4-3 FA Cup defeat),” former Anfield striker Peter Crouch tells TNT Sports, Liverpool never really threatening to overcome that 3-0 first-leg deficit in the end.

“I think that kind of shell-shocked them.”

Of course, things could have been different had Salah put away the sort of chance he used to finish with his eyes closed on the stroke of half-time.

That’s the one that will be going through his mind tonight.

“That was in the first half and it could have been so different.”

In the end, Atalanta felt like the most likely goalscorers in the second ’45, Gian Piero Gasperini’s side easing into a semi-final clash with Marseille.

That FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford, that European exit and a stunning 1-0 home loss against Crystal Palace last time out means there is a very real chance that Klopp’s victory parade ends with only a Carabao Cup winners’ medal to show for it.

“I loved the way we started the game,” Klopp, who HITC understands could be replaced by Sporting Lisbon coach Ruben Amorim, tells the Liverpool website.

That’s a part of the game.

The penalty was super-convincing, a super penalty, then the next chance, that was obviously unlucky.

But it is not the first time he missed a chance like that.