Italian press revels in Atalanta's shock 3

The Italian press has taken great delight in Atalanta's shock 3-0 win away to Liverpool in the Europa League.

Atalanta stunned Anfield on Thursday night, with the Italian side securing victory in the first leg courtesy of a brace from Gianluca Scamacca and a goal from Mario Pasalic. 

Liverpool have much work to do going into next week's second leg in Italy.

La Gazzetta dello Sport were heavily critical of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

They also slammed the performance of defender Kostas Tsimikas, who was substituted at half time. 

Jurgen Klopp was given a low rating by La Gazzetta dello Sport after Liverpool's defeat

Kostas Tsimikas, who was substituted at half time, was also criticised by the Italian press

La Gazzetta dello Sport reflected on Atalanta's surprise 3-0 victory away to Liverpool

Klopp was given a rating of just 4/10 by the publication, with Tsimikas getting 4.5/10.

Other Liverpool stars who received low ratings included Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and substitute Mohamed Salah, who all got 5/10.

The highest rated Liverpool players were Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott, who both received ratings of 6/10.

The paper declared that Atalanta 'can see the semi-final' following their victory.  

Meanwhile, Corriere dello Sport led with a headline of 'magical', which also took into account Roma's 1-0 win away to AC Milan in the Europa League, with Gianluca Mancini on target. 

Atalanta stunned Liverpool, with the press saying that they can 'see the semi-finals'