Sport AnalysisAston Villa welcome Liverpool to Villa Park on Monday night to kickstart an emotional week for two very different reasons. Klopp had hoped his farewell would come in Europe, but instead it is Liverpool’s conquerors Atalanta taking on Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen next Wednesday in the Europa League final. “At half-time we had a little situation in the dressing room and then we could calm it down and then we turned the game around, which was really, really, really special. Nevertheless, they are strong finishers, losing just one of their last 26 Premier League games in May (W19 D6), having not lost in the league in this month since 2018. Should Villa lose to Liverpool, to avoid a final-day scrap for fourth they will need Manchester City to beat Spurs on Tuesday.
