Liverpool had already beaten Atalanta 5-0 in the first leg needed another win at Anfield to safely qualify for the last 16 of the CL(with 2 games to spare)
Klopp,beleagured by injuries and a terribly crowded fixture in December,took a chance and fielded some reserve players in the hope that they would get the job done and save some field time for his first choice team.
Didn’t work.
Blew up in face.
Liverpool played their worst game in recent times and lost 2-0 .
Klopp is facing a bit of a nightmare ending to 2020.
Some interesting stats from the game …
*Liverpool lost a competitive home match by a margin of more than one goal for the first time in 137 matches under Jurgen Klopp.
*This was their heaviest such defeat since August 2015 in the Premier League against West Ham under Brendan Rodgers (0-3).
*Atalanta have won their past four away games in the Champions League, scoring 13 goals in the process and keeping a clean sheet in three of those four victories.
*Atalanta are the first side to win their first visit to Anfield by more than one goal since Spartak Moscow in November 1992 (also 2-0).
*For the first time since Opta began recording the data in the Champions League in 2003-04, Liverpool failed to attempt a shot on target in a home game in the competition.
*Ilicic scored his 50th goal for Atalanta, and his first in 12 appearances for the club since scoring four against Valencia in the Champions League in March.
*The Reds attempted just one shot in the first half, their lowest in the opening 45 minutes of a competitive match at Anfield since January 2017, against Chelsea in the Premier League.
And the highlights of some of those goings on…