Liverpool Exit Europa League

Liverpool and West Ham United today became the third and fourth British teams in two days to be dumped from European competition.

The Reds hopes of a famous comeback were thwarted as they bowed out of the UEFA Europa League at the quarter-final stage despite a 1-nil victory at Atalanta.

Jurgen Klopp’s men faced an almost impossible task following a shock 3-nil home defeat in the first leg at Anfield and so it proved Atalanta 3-1 on aggregate.

The Merseyside club got off to the perfect start on seven minutes when Salah netted his 24th goal of the season from the penalty spot.

Meanwhile, Roma beat AC Milan 2-1 to complete a 3-1 aggregate win.

Marseille were 4-2 winners in a penalty shoot-out against Benfica following the French side’s 1-nil victory in a tie that finished 2-2 on aggregate

And Newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen reached the semi-finals and stretched their undefeated run in all competitions this season to 44 matches.

The German side drew 1-1 at West Ham in the second leg of their quarter-final tie and went through 3-1 on aggregate.