Gasperini and De Rossi celebrating, Pioli confident, Klopp exhausted
Inevitably opposite reactions after Thursday’s cup.
Atalanta unstoppable in Liverpool, Roma privateer in San Siro against AC Milan. That's the outcome of Thursday's Europa League fixture, which saw the Nerazzurri from Bergamo impose themselves at Anfield with a rounded and well-deserved 3-0 win and the Giallorossi win away 1-0. Results commented on hotly by the various coaches with inevitably very different moods. And if Stefano Pioli does not completely counterbalance the enthusiasm of Daniele De Rossi and Gian Piero Gasperini, the words of Jurgen Klopp certainly make an impression.
"We also came in very well, we were set up well on the pitch. Then, after the bad luck of the crossbar-post, è it became a bad game,‖ said the Liverpool coach.
We were not tied up as we should have been, we did nothing well. Atalanta deserved to win, staying compact at the back, fighting on every ball and restarting great. Comeback in Bergamo? We will try to win, but at the moment I have no energy to think about the return".
"Indeed we have achieved an important result, indeed an extraordinary one for the history of Atalanta and all the fans who have come here,” Gasperini commented instead. Already playing a quarterfinal with Liverpool, in a great stadium, was a great pride. But winning tonight with the crowd present has a different flavor than our success here in the Champions League. I was also afraid to touch something, that’s why I made only one change".
From San Siro, however, è even more direct Daniele De Rossi. "This è the team I always want to see, but I was calm. I knew they would play like this; I could see with how much personality and desire they came here. I love this attitude, this courage, and Lukaku played his best game since I arrived", admitted the Roma coach. Soì on the other hand Stefano Pioli: "We had some difficulties; we had to be more courageous. Then we made the game, but è we lacked lucidity. The draw was there, but I am not worried. In the return match we can fix things".
