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Liverpool have a mountain to climb tonight as they look to book their spot in the Europa League semi-finals.

A 3-0 loss to Atalanta at Anfield in the first leg of the quarter-final clash has left the Reds' hopes of progressing in doubt. They now need to beat the Italian side by four or more goals to advance to the semi-finals outside of a penalty shoot-out. To do that, Jurgen Klppp's side must start taking their chances, with their wastefulness in front of goal costing them dearly in the first leg and in Sunday's 1-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

That latter result has thrown Liverpool's title dreams into the air. But with Arsenal also losing at the weekend, all hope is not. So a big win in Italy this evening could be the much-needed result to get back on track.

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Can the Reds produce another incredible European comeback? Let's take a look...

Atalanta vs Liverpool simulated to get a Europa League score prediction

To complete this simulation, we used EA FC 24 and updated the squads with the latest injuries and suspensions.

We predict that the hosts could set up in a 3-4-1-2 formation, with their line-up as follows: Musso; Dijmisti, Hien, De Roon; Zappacosta, Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners; De Ketelaere, Scamacca.

We predict that Liverpool could line up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their starting XI as follows: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson; Endo, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah, Jota, Diaz.

After grabbing two at Anfield, Liverpool were handed a nightmare start when Gianluca Scammaca scored six minutes in,

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