Andrew Robertson admits Liverpool have a “large uphill battle” to defend the title after Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Manchester Metropolis, which leaves Arne Slot's workforce eighth.
The reverse was a fifth in six league matches, with Liverpool eight factors behind the leaders, Arsenal, after 11 matches. Robertson stated: “Clearly, we've given ourselves an enormous uphill battle, however I don't suppose any of the groups will actually have a look at the league desk till we're midway by means of. That's what we've received to do however we've received to select up factors on a extra constant foundation. Then let's see the place we're after Christmas time or no matter. We've simply received to concentrate on ourselves and concentrate on efficiency ranges.
“I don't suppose you'll be able to speak in regards to the title this early on within the season, no matter what place you're in, however it is advisable then persistently begin successful video games once more for that to even come into query. It's undoubtedly not a query that's getting spoken about within the altering room or something.
“We simply must get again to the degrees that we all know we will, the degrees that we introduced the final two video games particularly. If we try this on a extra common foundation, then we choose up extra factors than we received't.”
Liverpool had been trailing 1-0 when Virgil van Dijk's header was dominated out after Robertson, standing in an offside place, was adjudged to have interfered with play.
Robertson admitted Liverpool “would have most likely been lucky to be on stage phrases” however stated: “We predict it's an OK objective. I can't actually touch upon it; I believe we'll let different folks try this. However for me, it appears as if I duck out the best way – I don't suppose the keeper is in any eyeline to me. That's the foundations we received advised firstly of the season, so it was somewhat little bit of a troublesome one.”
The defeat adopted wins over Aston Villa and Actual Madrid. Robertson stated: “We needed to finish a extremely robust week but it surely wasn't meant to be. We had been making strides after which clearly getting a knock [at City]”
Metropolis's ultimate objective was scored by Jérémy Doku, who stated his breathtaking 20-year curled strike got here after Pep Guardiola had addressed his physique place in coaching. When Doku was substituted, the supervisor had a dialogue with him within the technical space. The Belgian was requested what this was about.
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He stated: “We had been speaking in the course of the coaching session generally about once I shoot and the way my physique place is and we had been simply speaking about that now once I rating. So it was a fast joke. It's troublesome to clarify: simply that I've to place my physique above the ball once I shoot the ball so I can put extra energy, one thing like that.”
Doku believes there may be extra to return from him. “I'm 23 years previous, I hope this isn't my peak stage. I hope I can nonetheless enhance, enhance my ending, enhance my actions within the field, enhance my resolution making, enhance on my consciousness when I've the ball. That is an unfinished product.”
