Correct. As the favorite team to win the Europa League this season, Liverpool is indeed superior to Atalanta because in terms of player quality, Liverpool is much better than Atalanta. However, Liverpool still have to be careful and not underestimate Atalanta, who is considered unable to make things difficult for Liverpool.
The reason is that if you look at history, Atalanta once beat Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield in the UCL League event even though afterwards they lost heavily 0-5 at home. This indirectly proves that Atalanta could potentially cause a surprise in the current match, especially in its attack line which could be said to be a surprise for the opponent's defense.
Nothing should be taken lightly, in football anything is possible, it is true that currently Liverpool will be the favorite to beat Atalanta but that doesn't mean they will easily do so, the teams that are in the quarter-finals certainly have greater motivation and This currently exists in Liverpool and Atalanta.
For what has happened in the past, I don't think it will have any influence on what happened now, the seasons have changed, the strength of the teams have also changed, so everything is different so we can't use it as a reference for what has passed.