Rasmus Hojlund couldn’t help but celebrate Atalanta’s shock Europa League victory over Liverpool on Thursday night.
The Manchester United striker is a fierce rival of the Reds since moving to Old Trafford last summer.
But previous to that he was strutting his stuff in the blue and black of Atalanta, where he made his name as one of Europe’s top young talents.
It’s that allegiance which led to Hojlund taking to Instagram to celebrate Atalanta’s 3-0 victory over the Reds.
Sharing on his story, Hojlund posted the scoreline from Anfield with the caption: “Mola mia,” which is a Bergamo saying which translates to ‘never give up’.
A brace from Gianluca Scamacca and a late effort from Mario Pasalic were enough to earn the win for Atalanta and leave them with one foot in the Europa League semi-finals.
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“It was a really bad game, oh my God,” Klopp said after Liverpool’s first home defeat in nearly 14 months.
“We started well, really well and then didn’t continue. They broke, they scored and we just lost the plot a little bit. We were here and there in midfield, I didn’t recognise it.
“It was really strange but in football terms it was tactical discipline. There was a big chance for Darwin (Nunez) and then it was unlucky with Harvey, but they scored and we kept playing into their hands.
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“We played a bad game and we we deserved to lose. We must feel that now but we have exactly this night to feel bad about it and then we have to build up for Palace.”
Klopp made six changes to his side following Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United, but his bid to freshen up the side failed, and their chances of ending the German’s reign with a showpiece final in Dublin have taken a huge hit.
“I believe it’s not the moment to talk about that,” Klopp said when asked if the tie was still alive. “I’m not in the mood to think about the game in a week’s time when we have another in between.
“Definitely we have to try, we want to win the game but now is not the moment to have a big mouth. We have to play a really good game.
“Where we are, this is probably a low point for us performance-wise so it should be possible to play a little bit better and we can play a lot better. But first and foremost it’s about Sunday now.”
Liverpool will travel to Italy next Thursday knowing that they will need to overcome a three-goal deficit if they’re to stand any chance of progressing to the final four.
