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Liverpool's hopes of ending Jurgen Klopp's reign with a European trophy are over after they failed to overturn a first-leg deficit against Atalanta. The Reds travelled to Italy on the back of a 3-0 defeat at Anfield last Thursday and, despite controlling the game for the large periods, could not find the required goals and lost 3-1 on aggregate. Mohamed Salah's seventh-minute penalty, after a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross was handled, gave them hope. As the first half drew to a close, the Egypt forward lofted well wide when put through one-on-one, but Klopp's side struggled to create meaningful openings in the second period. It marks the end of a difficult 12 days for the Reds, who drew at Manchester United and lost at home to Crystal Palace to surrender their lead at the top of the Premier League. Attention will now turn back to the title race with Liverpool sitting third behind second-placed Arsenal and two points off leaders Manchester City. The league now represents their final chance to give Klopp a fairytale ending to his eight and a half years on Merseyside and add to their success in the Carabao Cup in February. Reaction to Liverpool's Europa League quarter-final exit against Atalanta Liverpool lack creativity as season threatens to peter out Ultimately, Liverpool lost this game in the first leg at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp said they would need to play the "complete game" in Italy to progress, and while they had more than 70% possession, this was Liverpool far from their best. They lacked an incisiveness going forward and with the pace of Darwin Nunez starting on the bench, they failed to get in behind the Atalanta defence and stretch the game. Klopp used his bench, calling for Nunez, Diogo Jota and Harvey Elliott with 25 minutes remaining, but it made little difference with the Reds only having two shots in the second half. Their expected goals was a meagre 0.11 in the second period, demonstrating the lack of quality they showed in the final third. Atalanta sit sixth in Serie A, 32 points behind leaders Inter Milan, but they were superb in this tie, defending valiantly and attacking with creativity, and deservedly progress to the last four. Klopp has managed Liverpool in five European finals during his tenure, but there will not be a sixth. Their season is in danger of petering out. Three away games in the Premier League in the next nine days could well define how their campaign pans out from here. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68840310

Operations at Dubai International Airport remain severely disrupted after heavy rains battered the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries. The storm pounded the UAE on Tuesday, flooding roads and the sections of the busy international airport. Flash floods have now killed 20 people in Oman and one in the UAE. Some inbound flights resumed on Thursday, but on the whole Dubai International Airport, a major travel hub, is struggling to functio Jonathan Finchett, who is at Dubai International Airport, described "apocalyptic scenes" as he saw families barricading themselves behind luggage trolleys and a man appearing to collapse after what he described as a "stampede" towards check-in. Mr Finchett, from Chester in the UK, landed in Dubai on Tuesday where he was due to catch a connecting flight to Manchester in England. But when he arrived at the airport he found out no flights were leaving Dubai because of the storm, and was told his flight had been rescheduled for 3:00 local time (00:00 BST) on Thursday, organised by the airline Emirates - the single largest carrier at the airport. Mr Finchett said he was advised to arrive four hours before his new flight's check-in time because of the situation at the airport, but at half past midnight he was told "there would be no flights going from Dubai" and check-in for their flight would open at 09:00 on Thursday instead. Mr Finchett then found out his flight had in fact departed for Manchester at 07:00, while he was stuck in the airport unable to get passed check-in. "It had left without us being able to check-in and get on it," he told the BBC in frustration. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68843049

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