Europa League quarter-final, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 3-0)West Ham v Bayer Leverkusen: join our MBM reportLive scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Send Michael a mailAnother evening, another potential series of fixtures featuring English sides getting their ar$e handed to them by the rest of the pesky European elite! After Arsenal and Manchester City were sent tumbling out of the Champions League on Wednesday, our attention turns to the Europa League, where things are also looking dire for the English sides. West Ham are 2-0 down from their first leg against Bundesliga darlings Bayer Leverkusen, while Liverpool will attempt to bounce back from a shocking 3-0 defeat at home to Atalanta. Won’t somebody think of the co-efficient?!Atalanta were absolutely superb at Anfield, resolute in defence and clinical in attack. Jürgen Klopp made no excuses for his side’s first-leg defeat: “It was a really bad game, oh my God,” said the Liverpool manager after the game. “We started really well but didn’t continue. Before they scored we just lost the plot … we played a bad game, we deserved to lose. That’s how it is. Congratulations to Atalanta, really well done.” Continue reading...