Atalanta vs Leverkusen live updates: Europa League final team ...

The season before last for Liverpool was brilliant. They won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, were pipped to the Premier League title post by Manchester City by a point and lost in the Champions League final against Real Madrid. For a period, the quadruple was on.

In comparison, last season, finishing fifth and outside the Champions League qualification spots, felt like an aberration. This is a team that belongs in the Champions League, so the thinking went. So they were expected to dominate this year's Europa League.

For a while, they did. They thrashed Toulouse 5-1, LASK 4-0, and beat Sparta Prague 11-2 on aggregate in the round of 16. Forward stepped Atalanta in the quarters...

In a stunning first leg at Anfield, Atalanta ripped their more illustrious hosts apart, winning 3-0. A 1-0 away win for Jurgen Klopp's side in Italy wasn't enough and they crashed out of the tournament, 3-1 on aggregate. Brilliant performances across both legs meant Atalanta deserved it, too.

• Liverpool 0-3 Atalanta (Scamacca x2, Pasalic)
• Atalanta 0-1 Liverpool (Salah)