Liverpool star set to miss UEFA Europa League clash against Atalanta BC after suffering ankle injury

Liverpool are currently in the title race for the English Premier League for the ongoing season. The Reds despite losing their last game against Crystal Palace, are two points behind league leaders Manchester City. Jurgen Klopp's side have now lost to back to back games at Anfield. This is the last season for the German coach as he has already announced his departure from the club after the end of the season. The players would like to give him a fairytale farewell by winning atleast some trophies. 

They will be up against Atalanta BC in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. Liverpool have already lost the revrse fixture by 3-0 at home and the Italian side became the first team to beat them at home since 2020/21. Ahead of the important clash they will be missing their right back Conor Bradley who suffered an ankle injury during the game against Palace. 

The full back will be out of action for three weeks, he came off during the game and was replaced by Trent Alexander-Arnold, who returned from a knee injury which had kept him out since February. However the latter came as substitute but could not have much of the impact. Bradley might return in May, when Liverpool play Tottenham, Aston Villa, and Wolves to round off their Premier League season. This season, the Northern Ireland international has made 22 appearances for the Reds, scoring once and assisting six times. 

Can the Reds bounce back in PL?

The Reds will hope to change their fortunes in their favour on Thursday as they are 3-0 down. Klopp was furious after the loss against the Eagles as they missed two definite chances of scoring goals, with Curtis Jones missing an open goal. Liverpool has missed 66 big chances in the Europe so far which is also the most by any team this season. 

They need to convert their half chances in order to qualify for the semi-finals and win the PL as well. With 6 games remaining in the PL they will be hoping to get 18 points from all of the game and pray City and Arsenal drops points.