Cagliari coach Claudio Ranieri insists Atalanta can beat Liverpool this week.

La Dea go into the Europa League quarterfinal first-leg against the Reds on the back of defeat to Cagliari.

But Ranieri says: “I think so (Atalanta can win) because they won't have today's misstep there. It will be a great match and I wish them good luck, I always support Italian teams when they play abroad."

On the win, Ranieri continued: "It's a big step forward, but we haven't reached the goal. Showing us that we have to fight for every ball, doing it against Atalanta is a lot because they are lions.

"It was a great match. Today I asked the boys not to be second to them in terms of willpower. I'm very satisfied with this test but we have to cancel it and push as we are doing."