Liverpool draw Atalanta as Irons meet Leverkusen in Europa League quarters

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.
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.
AC Milan vs Roma Liverpool vs Atalanta Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham Benfica vs Marseille Benfica or Marseille vs Liverpool or Atalanta AC Milan or Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen or West Ham 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 Final: Wednesday, May 22