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Liverpool are left with just the Premier League to chase after their Europa League dream came to an end at the hands of Atalanta.

A 3-0 loss from the first leg last week did the damage with the Reds unable to complete a comeback in Bergamo on Thursday night, despite winning 1-0 through Mohamed Salah's early penalty.

The ECHO was at the Gewiss Stadium to provide its usual mix of player ratings, match analysis and big-game verdict, while our colleagues from the national media were also on hand to offer their own considered views....

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The Telegraph's Chris Bascombe mused: "Liverpool’s end of an era party in Dublin is off.

"There will be no ordering a treble in the Irish capital for Jurgen Klopp. He may yet end the season with a double, but a terrible week means it is the fans who are downing the shots. Liverpool, sadly, failed to deliver enough of them to keep European dreams intact.

"A narrow second leg win over Atalanta was not enough to prevent all the hopes of a romantic Klopp farewell to Uefa competition evaporating amid the blue smoke in Bergamo, the full-time firework display heralding the Italian side’s greatest scalp.

"Liverpool’s victory was hollow rather than heroic despite the promise of Mohamed Salah’s seventh minute penalty. 'We didn’t lose tonight. We lost it at home,' Klopp accurately summed it up. 'I am disappointed we didn’t go through, not angry.'

"The damage of the shocking 3-0 defeat at Anfield was already done. The

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