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Liverpool Stunned By Atalanta In Europa League, Leverkusen Beat West Ham United | Football News
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Liverpool Stunned By Atalanta In Europa League, Leverkusen Beat West Ham United | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool's hopes of winning the Europa League were left hanging by a thread after they lost 3-0 at home to Atalanta in the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Thursday, while Bayer Leverkusen beat West Ham United to extend their unbeaten record this season. Liverpool are hoping to make this season's Europa League final in Dublin on May 22 their final game before Jurgen Klopp steps down as manager, but they face a monumental task to turn their last-eight tie around after a stunning Atalanta performance.Liverpool, who started with Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai among the substitutes, saw Harvey Elliott come agonisingly close to opening the scoring with a shot that hit the bar and struck the post on its way back out.Atalanta then took the lead seven minutes before half-tim...
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Christian Pulisic Shoots AC Milan Second As Juventus Held By Atalanta | Football News
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Christian Pulisic Shoots AC Milan Second As Juventus Held By Atalanta | Football News

[ad_1] Christian Pulisic fired AC Milan up to second in Serie A with the only goal in Sunday's 1-0 win over lowly Empoli while Juve were held to an entertaining 2-2 home draw by Atalanta. US star Pulisic gave Milan a scrappy win with his eighth league goal of an encouraging debut season in Italy, a deflected strike off unfortunate Empoli defender Sebastiano Luperto. The 25-year-old had a difficult time at Chelsea but since moving to Milan from London last summer he has scored 10 times in all competitions and set up six more."It's a good feeling, it was good for us to get the three points. It wasn't a nice goal, it was a bit lucky but at the end of the day we take it," said Pulisic to DAZN."I feel like I'm in some of my best form, I've been given a lot of confidence and trust here from th...
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Rampant Inter Milan Charge 12 Points Clear, Napoli Hit Sassuolo For Six | Football News
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Rampant Inter Milan Charge 12 Points Clear, Napoli Hit Sassuolo For Six | Football News

[ad_1] Inter Milan continued their march towards the Serie A title with Wednesday's 4-0 thumping of Atalanta which extended their league lead to 12 points, while Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia netted five of Napoli's six goals at Sassuolo. A convincing victory in their game in hand at the San Siro took Inter's all-competitions winning streak to 11 matches and left closest rivals Juventus trailing in the distance. Simone Inzaghi's side were missing key players Francesco Acerbi, Hakan Calhanoglu and Marcus Thuram but it made little difference against one of the division's form teams."We feel good. It's all part of a process which begun a few years ago now," said defender Alessandro Bastoni to DAZN."We have a group of players who have been together a good few years, and we're matu...
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Atalanta Past AC Milan And Into Italian Cup Semis, Lazio Triumph In Derby | Football News
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Atalanta Past AC Milan And Into Italian Cup Semis, Lazio Triumph In Derby | Football News

[ad_1] Atalanta set up an Italian Cup semi-final with Fiorentina after winning 2-1 at AC Milan on Wednesday, while Lazio won 1-0 in a fiery derby with Roma which finished with three red cards. Teun Koopmeiners struck either side of half-time of an entertaining quarter-final to continue Atalanta's bid for a first major trophy since 1963, when they last won the competition. "We have have done so much in recent years," said Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini. "We might not have any silverware... but we have reached the Italian Cup final in the past and we want to go all the way."Rafael Leao put Milan ahead in the 45th minute following brilliant interplay with Theo Hernandez which ended with the Portugal winger stroking home a first-time finish.Shortly before Gasperini had been sent off for...
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Atalanta Set Up Italian Cup Quarter-Final With AC Milan | Football News
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Atalanta Set Up Italian Cup Quarter-Final With AC Milan | Football News

[ad_1] Team Atalanta in action© TwitterAtalanta beat Sassuolo 3-1 on Wednesday to qualify for the Italian Cup quarter-finals where they will meet AC Milan. On loan from Milan, Belgian striker Charles De Ketelaere scored the first two of Atalanta's goals before also providing the assist for the third, scored by Russian Aleksei Miranchuk. Milan defeated Cagliari 4-1 on Tuesday and will face Atalanta at the San Siro on January 10.Holders Inter Milan were knocked out by Bologna in a game that went to extra time last month while champions Napoli were thumped 4-0 by Frosinone.Roma came from behind in a 2-1 win over second-tier Cremonese with Romelu Lukaku and Paulo Dybala scoring the goals that ensure a Rome derby against Lazio in the quarters.Juventus host Salernitana on Thursday looking for ...
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Dusan Vlahovic Racially Abused As Juventus Move Second In Serie A | Football News
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Dusan Vlahovic Racially Abused As Juventus Move Second In Serie A | Football News

[ad_1] Juventus moved up to second in Serie A on Sunday after a 2-0 win at fellow Champions League chasers Atalanta, whose fans racially abused Juve goalscorer Dusan Vlahovic. England youth international Samuel Iling-Junior netted 55 minutes into his first start in Italy's top flight before Vlahovic finished the job deep in stoppage time with his 10th league goal of a difficult season. The Serbia forward then goaded a section of the home supporters after having previously being insulted as a "gypsy", abuse which had led to the match being briefly stopped by referee Daniele Doveri.The Italian word for gypsy is often used by sections of football supporters as a slur for players from the Balkans and eastern Europe, regardless of their ethnicity."Unfortunately these chants keep happening, th...
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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Magic Moves Champions-Elect Napoli 18 Points Clear | Football News
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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Magic Moves Champions-Elect Napoli 18 Points Clear | Football News

[ad_1] Khvicha Kvaratskhelia helped move Napoli another step closer to a first Serie A title in more than three decades with a wonder goal in Saturday's 2-0 win over Atalanta to push his team 18 points clear. Georgia winger Kvaratskhelia lashed in the opening goal on the hour mark after spellbinding dribbling left Atalanta's defence wondering which way to look before the ball finished in the back of the net. His 11th league strike of the campaign set Napoli on their way to stretching their lead on Inter Milan who fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Spezia on Friday.Lazio could have risen to second and trimmed the lead to 17 points in the late game on Saturday but played out a 0-0 draw in Bologna to remain third.In Naples, Amir Rrahmani made sure of the points with 13 minutes remaining wi...
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AC Milan Up To Third With Atalanta Win, Inter Milan Fall Further Off Title Pace | Football News
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AC Milan Up To Third With Atalanta Win, Inter Milan Fall Further Off Title Pace | Football News

[ad_1] AC Milan moved up to third in Serie A after Sunday's 2-0 win over Atalanta, drawing level on points with Inter Milan, who fell further behind runaway leaders Napoli with a 1-0 defeat at Bologna. Stefano Pioli's side are five points ahead of fifth-placed Lazio in the race for the Champions League thanks in part to Theo Hernandez's volley crashing off the post and into the goal via Juan Musso's back in the 26th minute. A late dinked finish from Junior Messias at a soaking San Siro ensured Milan had their third league victory in a row."I'm counting the goal as mine. Oli (Giroud) did well to knock it down for me, I think it was a good goal," said Hernandez to DAZN.Milan could have had more in the second half of a underwhelming encounter, Rafael Leo and Messias both wasting golden chan...
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Lecce Stun Champions League Chasers Atalanta | Football News
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Lecce Stun Champions League Chasers Atalanta | Football News

[ad_1] Lecce won 2-1 at Atalanta on Sunday to take a big step towards Serie A safety.© TwitterLecce won 2-1 at Atalanta on Sunday to take a big step towards Serie A safety and damage their opponents' bid for Champions League football next season. Assan Ceesay opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a thumping low strike from distance and Alexis Blin headed in the crucial second in the 74th minute. Young gun Rasmus Hojlund pulled one back late on with his second in as many weeks to take his season's tally to six, but Atalanta couldn't make the most of the seven minutes of added time to snatch a point.Luis Muriel went closest when his powerful left-footed strike was brilliantly kept out by Wladimiro Falcone, who made sure Lecce did the double over Atalanta.Marco Baroni's team are 13th...
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Inter Milan Beat Atalanta To Reach Italian Cup Semi-Finals | Football News
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Inter Milan Beat Atalanta To Reach Italian Cup Semi-Finals | Football News

[ad_1] Matteo Darmian struck the only goal 11 minutes after half-time at the San Siro.© AFPInter Milan set up a potential Italian Cup semi-final clash with arch rivals Juventus after the holders saw off Atalanta 1-0 on Tuesday. Matteo Darmian struck the only goal 11 minutes after half-time, his low strike across Juan Musso enough to put a tight quarter-final at the San Siro in Inter's favour. Simone Inzaghi's side will take on either troubled Juve or Lazio in April's two-legged semis, with the pair facing off in Turin on Thursday. Inter beat Juve in last season's final to claim their eighth Italian Cup.The other side of the draw will be decided on Wednesday when Fiorentina host Torino and Roma welcome Cremonese to the Italian capital.Inter came through a tough test with Atalanta who are ...
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