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Liverpool never do anything the easy way in Europe

Liverpool never do anything the easy way in Europe

Liverpool’s incredible 4-3 victory over Dortmund in the Europa League quarter-final second leg was yet another crazy European night for the Merseysiders. Jurgen Klopp’s side claimed a 5-4 aggregate victory to set-up a semi-final meeting with Spanish side Villarreal.

 

No matter how the Reds are doing in the Premier League, they have the ability to produce amazing comebacks in European games, especially at Anfield. It seems that Liverpool always have to do it the hard way and cannot win a European tie without making it difficult for themselves.

The Reds form in the Premier League has been rather questionable, even under the much-vaunted Klopp, but they still have the ability to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat on those special European nights.

If only the players and fans could produce the same sort of performances for the league games, as atmospheres at Liverpool’s stadium have been rather flat for the Premier League games.

Maybe the Premier League does not distil the fans with the same passion as those European nights. Maybe it is because fans who do not usually attend Anfield for the Premier League games go to the European games and so make the most of their trip to the famous old ground.

At 3-2 to Dortmund there was almost something inevitable about Liverpool scoring the goals they need. It is like no matter whom pulls on that red shirt Liverpool always have the ability to pull games back from the brink.

If they produced the same sort of performances week-in and week-out then the Reds would be higher-up in the Premier League table.

Europa League Group A
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
West Ham 15 6 5 0 1 6
2
Freiburg 12 6 4 0 2 10
3
Olympiacos FC 7 6 2 1 3 -3
4
Backa Topola 1 6 0 1 5 -13
Europa League Group B
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Brighton 13 6 4 1 1 5
2
Olympique Marseille 11 6 3 2 1 4
3
Ajax 5 6 1 2 3 -3
4
AEK Athens 4 6 1 1 4 -6
Europa League Group C
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Rangers 11 6 3 2 1 2
2
Sparta Praha 10 6 3 1 2 2
3
Real Betis 9 6 3 0 3 2
4
Aris Limassol 4 6 1 1 4 -6
Europa League Group D
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Atalanta 14 6 4 2 0 8
2
Sporting CP 11 6 3 2 1 4
3
Sturm Graz 4 6 1 1 4 -5
4
Rakow Czestochowa 4 6 1 1 4 -7
Europa League Group E
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Liverpool 12 6 4 0 2 10
2
Toulouse 11 6 3 2 1 -1
3
Union Saint-Gilloise 8 6 2 2 2 -3
4
LASK Linz 3 6 1 0 5 -6
Europa League Group F
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Villarreal 13 6 4 1 1 2
2
Rennes 12 6 4 0 2 7
3
Maccabi Haifa 5 6 1 2 3 -6
4
Panathinaikos 4 6 1 1 4 -3
Europa League Group G
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Slavia Praha 15 6 5 0 1 13
2
Roma 13 6 4 1 1 8
3
Servette FC 5 6 1 2 3 -9
4
Sheriff Tiraspol 1 6 0 1 5 -12
Europa League Group H
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Bayer Leverkusen 18 6 6 0 0 16
2
Qarabag FK 10 6 3 1 2 -2
3
Molde FK 7 6 2 1 3 0
4
BK Häcken 0 6 0 0 6 -14

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