Everton couldn't have imagined a more disastrous start to their 2017 Europa League campaign than Thursday evenings' match against Atalanta.

From start to finish, Ronald Koeman's side were thoroughly outplayed by a side who have lost two of their opening three league games in Italy.

It took Atalanta just 26 minutes to break Everton down when Andrea Masiello tapped home after some static defending from a corner.

15 minutes later, the Italians double their lead, this time through a fantastic strike from Alejandro Gomez. To cap off a shocking first half display, the team from Bergamo notched a third on 44 minutes when some truly awful marking allowed Bryan Cristante to slot home an easy finish.

While Everton managed to hold Atalanta at bay during the second half, the Merseyside club looked frankly uninterested from beginning to end and according to some strong words on Twitter, Toffees fans are clearly not happy with the performance...

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