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Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini believes that Wednesday night’s Champions League tie with Liverpool is a “wonderful opportunity” for his team.
The Reds hope their team will maintain their 100 percent Champions League record as a victory would advance them to the knockout stages.
Diogo Jota scored a tremendous hat-trick and the Reds achieved a resounding 5-0 victory over the Serie A team before the international break.
And despite Gasperini’s team coming to Anfield as the underdog, the Atalanta boss is enjoying the challenge ahead.
“Tomorrow’s game is very complicated and presents a lot of difficulty. We are facing a very strong squad that is doing extraordinary things, ”he said in the run-up to the tie.
“Being able to compete in the Champions League is an opportunity, but we want to do good performances.
“We want to do better than in the first game, we will try not to make mistakes that lead to a cut and dry result. We believe that we can prevent them from receiving so many gifts from us.
“They are strong and technical, and clearly in that aspect we will need to be much better.
“The Champions League journey that we are on has been two years. The level of competition is different than in the Europa League, but everything we achieve we do on the field.
“We will never stop learning. Tomorrow we will try to take advantage of the set pieces. This is very important to us, we will seek to make the best of the situation, we must improve. “
Earlier, he added about the first game between the two sides: “I have an overview of the team as a complete unit, not just defense, midfield and attack units.
“I think the thing we have to avoid more than anything else we didn’t do in the first game is not give them the kind of space that they’re really good at.
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“There can be very few mistakes on the field. We need to be much better than in the first game. The first game should serve as a lesson that we should not give them the space so that when they get the ball we know that we are in trouble. “
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