Liverpool are indeed the most favourite for the trophy,and with what I'm seeing,they want to win atleast a trebble cup for Joghen Klopp who wants to retire from football at the end of his career at Liverpool.He has done an incredible job at the team and would be looking forward to retiring with atleast three trophies to his name before the end of the season.
I don't see Atalanta as a competition to Liverpool because I know they can flog Atalanta anytime anyday.Atalanta doesn't have the players that can win a trophy from Liverpool, because in England Liverpool attack line and Arsenal's own are the best in England at the moment.
Liverpool been the favourite for the trophy is actually resulting in the fact that their Coach will be leaving after this season and every efforts are on ground bro give him this last honor just before he leaves because amongst all the trophies he has won the Europa is one which he has never gotten to lift since his arrival at Liverpool and so it will be of Great Honor I'd he gets to win this last one he will be wit witnessing at Liverpool.
If Leverkusen gets to strip Liverpool of the trophy probably when they happen to meet at the finals it will be a huge loss for Liverpool because they will never get to win the Europa again with klop as their coach and with the much he has done for them, he's deserving of winning this just before he goes but then again he's still having the premier league to tackle and possibly win too which isn't an easy task to actually carry out on its own so everything is actually really daunting on him at the moment but I'm optimistic about his team and his strategy to help him get results.
The Europa this season is going bro really be one of a kind because they are definitely going to see a lot of action following the determination of all the teams currently to winning the trophy and it also happens that the bigger teams in their domestic leagues are aswell in the Europa therby raising the pressure on the participants because every mistake will definitely cost them a thing or the other in the race for the league title.