Liverpool draw Atalanta as Irons meet Leverkusen in Europa League quarters

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Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo all scored in the 6-1 win over Sparta Prague
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Three-time winners Liverpool have been drawn against Atalanta in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

The Reds booked their place in the last eight with an 11-2 aggregate victory over Sparta Prague, with Jurgen Klopp's side claiming an emphatic 6-1 win at Anfield yesterday evening.

Atalanta earned qualification with a 3-2 aggregate triumph against Sporting, the Bergamo outfit winning the second leg 2-1 on home soil thanks to second-half strikes from Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca.

West Ham are the other Premier League side left in the Europa League and the 2021-22 semi-finalists will lock horns with Bundesliga high-flyers Bayer Leverkusen — who are on a 37-game unbeaten run across all competitions.

The Hammers secured passage to the quarter-finals with a 5-0 thrashing of Freiburg at the London Stadium after losing the first leg in Germany 1-0.

As for Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen, they booked their spot in dramatic fashion as two stoppage-time goals from Patrik Schick completed a second-leg comeback against Qarabag from 2-0 down and secured a 5-4 win on aggregate.

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And there is also a mouth-watering all-Italian clash as AC Milan and Roma do battle for a place in the semis, with the Serie A giants easing past Slavia Prague and Brighton in their respective last-16 ties.

Europa League quarter-final draw

AC Milan vs Roma

Liverpool vs Atalanta

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Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham

Benfica vs Marseille

Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen helped West Ham to a 5-0 win over Freiburg

Europa League semi-final draw

Benfica or Marseille vs Liverpool or Atalanta

AC Milan or Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen or West Ham

Key dates

Quarter-final first legs: Thursday, April 11

Quarter-final second legs: Thursday, April 18

Semi-final first legs: Thursday, May 2

Semi-final second legs: Thursday, May 9

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Final: Wednesday, May 22

The Europa League final will be hosted in Dublin

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Europa LeagueLiverpoolWest Ham UnitedBayer LeverkusenMarseilleSL BenficaAC MilanAtalantaRoma

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