 So you thought you had your fill of football yesterday? I have news for you. We're turning our attention now to more football on the Sportsmax zone. The Europa League quarter-final stage ended earlier on Thursday with all eight teams involved in second leg action. Sportsmax's feature match saw English Premier League outfit Liverpool travelling to Bergamo in the north of Italy as they sought to overturn a three-nil deficit against the Serie A club at Atlanta. We have the highlights. This Dias gets there. Jack post-charging into the box. Dias pass one challenge. Doug out in the cross. Here's the boss line. Alexander-Arnold blocks. Handball in the shot. The referee's given the penalty. It's Rajeri who heads away to the edge of the box. Alexander-Arnold's blast back in. It does hit the left arm clearly. It's away from the body. Salah on the spot. Salah absolutely emphatic with his kick. They're a team in a hurry. They're a team that have got the ball rolling as they needed it to. Lost by Trent Alexander-Arnold. Ederson, lovely pass. Schumacher didn't get a hold of the shot. Muranchuk, oh, what was Kanate doing there? He seemed to switch off. A loud Muranchuk, a swing at the ball. Through towards Salah. Salah in on goal to lifting over Mousseau, but lifting wide. Zepacosta. Through towards Gacto, and the flag has stayed down. Gacto with a lot to do. So fast line. Gacto's licked. Salah, Mousseau saves. Robertson now, and the flag is up. The referee didn't see it, and it goes up again. Zepacosta's going to let Coatminder's run with it. I'm whistle. An Atalanta can celebrate knocking Liverpool out of the Europa League. Garpu's had so much success. Well, he won't be having any more in Europe with his beloved Liverpool team. So Atalanta getting the result they needed today. They are through, along with Marseille, Bayer, Leverkusen and A.S. Roma. Also successful today in those second leg quarter-final fixtures, and we have Brent Sancho now joining us to review what happened today in the Europa League quarter-final action. Well, Brent, we had discussed these matches last week when we were reviewing the Liverpool's shocking loss and so on. They weren't able to get the result they wanted. Had an early goal, which suggested that they were trying to develop or get the momentum to go on to get a big victory to keep themselves alive, but it didn't happen for them. Atalanta were stubborn. Atalanta... Yeah, we expected that, didn't we? We talked about, of course, when Liverpool first lost in the first leg, we did feel that it may be a bit too much for them. And the decay in Liverpool's play is, I think, probably going on a couple of weeks. And I may pinpoint possibly that Manchester United loss that they had in the cup. And since then, they really haven't been themselves. And I want to zero in on the play in particular. I think Mohamed Salah, in his scoring sharpness, just hasn't been the same. In a lot of the situations and scenarios that we saw him create and make into, not just goals, scoring opportunities, but putting the ball into the back of the net, it's just not happening for him this season. And Liverpool have, you know, I don't want to say they've rode Salah's back for quite some time, but they've been able to get the sort of input from people like him to make them champions, to get them across the line. But that hasn't happened in the last couple of games. And it's unfortunate because it's come at the business end of the season. And because of that, they've gone out now and surprisingly have gone out against, let's not take anything away from them, a very well-organized, good-played Atlanta team. Yeah, and I find, sorry. Yeah, I find penalty there struck by Salah, but you're right, his goal scoring efficiency has declined significantly in recent times. There was a lot of effort that he missed today, Brent, very, very wide of the goal. The goalkeeper was way off his line. It was, at that level, a pretty straightforward effort, and he missed the goal by miles. And more importantly, Lance, by his standards, that is something that he would normally put into the back of the net. That is something that he thrives on and he wasn't able to do it. It's a glorious opportunity. I think once he set himself right about here and he knew he was gonna love him, nine times out of 10, Mohammed Salah puts that into the back of the net and it just did not happen for him. But truth be told, I think not just him, but the entire Liverpool squad just didn't do enough for me in this time to deserve to go through. That was a glorious opportunity. Obviously, many could argue that if that had went in, the game pendulum may have swung towards Liverpool and put the pressure on the Atalanta team. But that's all hindsight, and hindsight, of course, is 2020. But when you pull it back and you look at Salah, that miss there, I think, is indicative. Of course, it's a monument of what Liverpool is right now currently. They're just lacking that efficiency in the gold scoring end and they're lacking that efficiency in the defensive side of things as well. And Brent, I really feel it for Jürgen Klopp. He's on his way out, of course. He would have announced that before. And I just want to remind the viewers of the time. You know, it was really recent where Liverpool was one of the dominant teams, of course, competing with City for the EPL title, just a team that, despite injuries, their players were able to step up those who were fit and, of course, ensure that they walked away with a win. How they went about doing that, only Klopp and his team knows. But this time, I see Klopp, you know, in a different light. And for me, I'm not a Liverpool fan and that's public knowledge. But I feel sad to see him exit in this way. Well, I think the romantic side of things would want to see him leave and win in many trophies and, of course, riding off in the sunset with a bag full of silverware. But if you start to look at the body of work that he's done, it's not in short of phenomenal. And I may even go on record and argue that he's probably one of the, if not the greatest Liverpool manager. And the reason why I say that, to put context in, you have to think about where he found Liverpool, where he found this club, the club that really looked like they've lost their identity, the culture, the club is not what it should have been. And they hadn't won anything in quite a long time. But here he comes in and be able to transform the club into, as you rightfully said, not just someone that won titles, but was consistently very, very good in playing high-quality football. So when I remember Klopp and when I look at it, I'll be in, of course, as I said, we would have liked to see him leave with a bag full of trophies. There's nothing short for admiration for what he's been able to do. And I go back to what I always say on the show. It is very difficult for any manager in any sport to keep a team winning. The likes of Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, and of course, this man now, Johan Klopp, has done that and you cannot take that away from them. I'm talking about in the modern era, of course, I could go back to Alex Ferguson, et cetera. But I talk about modern era of football. To be able to do that consistently is nothing short of amazing. Yeah, Brent, I wonder if in his next life he could return as Manchester United manager. No, I hope not, for his sake as well. You know what, Riccardo, I say that in a humblest way, because I still feel, and I've always said this, I just think that Manchester United is very, very toxic outside of the front. Brent, Brent, Brent, let's not do that rhetoric. Brent, let's do that, let's do it. Let's talk about West Ham, Brent. Let's talk about West Ham and the fact that Mikhail Antonio scored for them today. The Jamaican international gave them a chance. It was 2-1 on aggregate at that stage against Bar-Lever Cousin. But the newly minted German champions were able to hold on and draw this in counter-1-1 and win the tie 3-1. Yeah, it was a good strike by that man, Antonio. That's Brent and Butter. His stuff, big, powerful man up front and being able to glance the ball in the goal. And it's Conker Kaft-Countepard who came in for this leg. Edison Alvarez, I thought he was outstanding as well for the hammers. But it was always going to be a difficult proposition. And this Lever Cousin team, as much as we talk about the cities and real Madrid's of this world, you have to give this team a bit of a shoutout. Yes, they may not be on the same technical level as those two teams that I mentioned, but what the Lever Cousin team brings to the table with, of course, not the same sort of skilled players that the likes of Madrid and, of course, Manchester City have is very exceptional. They are tough to beat. The reason why they're undefeated so far in this season and I would not be surprised if they march on for the rest of this season without losing a football game. Yeah, that's interesting because the next question I was going to ask you, Brent, is who are favourites now in the Europa League, Marseille to face Atalanta and Roma to take on Lever Cousin in the last four of this competition and almost shockingly, no English team in the last four of either the Europa League or the Champions League. Of course, the Europa Conference League has asked Envilla through to the last four, although Leon Bailey missed a penalty today, but we're not quite talking about that. Yeah, it does put a spoke in the wheel that English League is the best league in world football, but as for another day, no, it's not. At the end of the day, this Lever Cousin team is everything that it's been built up to and I would be surprised if they don't. Of course, you have to keep an eye on that Atalanta team because what they shown at Anfield, they are to tune on that sort of display again. It will be a difficult afternoon for Lever Cousin. What I like about Bayern Lever Cousin is that they're very, very comfortable in the skin. They understand what they need to do tactically. They are tactically, of course, being able to move and shift and do things differently. They're awkward to play against and they are a team that you are very much guaranteed. You're going to get all that you can handle from them. So when you look at what Alonzo has done with this squad and of course, another person who is leaving, who might be leaving, I shouldn't say that he is because of course, he said he's going to resign and stay. But I think he could possibly leave, but if he does, he would have lost such a tremendous imprint onto German football with what he's done with this Lever Cousin team. Of course, a team he must remember had absolutely no chance in terms of the bookies perspective and all the experts of even finishing in the top four of the German Bundesliga. Here they are looking to close off the league with winning even more silverware. Yeah, so that's your pick then, Brent Lever Cousin for the Europa League. Yeah, I would have to go that way, Alonzo, as much as I like to bet Ricardo Mane. I think this one, he could certainly rest assured that he will win because I just feel that that semi-final against Roma, I don't fancy this Roma team at all. I think they're fortunate to get through with the tie with AC Milan. And I feel that other time between Atlanta and a very, very good Marseille team should provide some interest. But for me, Lever Cousin all the way. Yeah, Brent, if you bet my money on what was it Monday for the PSG Barcelona tie at $4.50 from just bet, then you would be a winner right now and you would be rich. But nobody listened to me. Did you? That's not important. But you need to take your own advice. Well, by the way, as I keep saying, I don't bet, right? And I've never done it. But what I have done is make educated investment in sports. That's why I told you to make me a signatory on your Bangkok on you would have been a rich man. Break time. Thank you so much, Brent. All right, guys, have a good one.