Andy Robertson gave a harsh review of Liverpool’s performance versus Brentford, suggesting that they sometimes lost their “fight”. The defender acknowledges that Liverpool abandoned their structure and let Brentford off the hook. He also believes they deserved to win. Brentford defeated Liverpool in London 3-2 on Saturday to hand them their fourth straight league defeat. They now sit sixth in the Premier League, below Manchester United. They are in a state of crisis due to their difficult fixtures, including Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Real Madrid. City Before the next international holiday. Robertson, who came on during the second half, said to LFC TV that ‘we didn’t do much off the ball. First half, I thought that we had a few good moments and kept the ball well.”But you can’t just come to Brentford at home and expect them to play off the park, because they’re always going to be prepared to fight.” Andy Robertson gave a brutally honest review of Liverpool’s game at Brentford. Liverpool were second best on Saturday night, and suffered a fourth consecutive league defeat. Here, you know exactly what’s going to happen. They do it the same way and are so good at doing it.I felt we were only a few yards off the mark. They were picking up second balls and balls behind.Our backline runs back to try to head the balls, which is difficult. We know how difficult… how good a set-piece team they are.”We worked on long-throws and everything. And five minutes into the game, you conceded 3 long throw-ins. You conceded from one of them.You’re not doing enough. You’re playing into their hands. It’s going to be a long battle. The fight continued but it wasn’t good enough.You must fight to gain control. No Premier League team, no one will ever say: “On you, take the ball. We’ll try to defend.” No one does that.They always have a plan, against us or any other team. All managers in the Premier League, and especially those teams who have a week to prepare are very talented. They would have a clearly defined gameplan and i think they played it perfectly.We didn’t even play ours. This makes it difficult. We’ll have the upper hand if you think that you’re just going to show up, and then they’ll suddenly drop off. It never, ever occurs. Arne Slot was frustrated on the touchline watching his team fall apart again. Liverpool had been down in just five minutes, after they failed with a throw-in and Dango Oouttara converted. We’re in trouble if we expect this.You have to first fight to gain control. You must fight for second balls and first balls and learn to play the game. After that, the quality of your game will be apparent.I felt like we didn’t have a handle on the game today. Had moments, but not enough to really put them under stress.Kevin Schade made it 2-0 in the 45th, but Milos Kerkez’s goal in the 5th minute of extra time gave Liverpool hope. This was controversial, because only 3 minutes had been added. Igor Thiago scored a penalty to make it 2-1 for Brentford. Mohamed Salah’s half-volley set up an exciting finish, but Arne Slot couldn’t get his team to equalize. Robertson said: ‘Coming to the match at 2-1 was probably not what we deserved. And you say: “Okay. We’ve got a shot here.” We can now get back into the game. A goal just before the half is a great time.”Come on out for the second-half and I thought that they started the second-half really well. The team was pushing, winning corner kicks and set-pieces. Robertson says Liverpool lost control and failed to impose their game plan at the Gtech He believes Liverpool didn’t show enough fight and came away as deserving losers ‘We didn’t push on from that. If you just try, they’ll get a penalty.”But when you’re down 3-1, it’s all about throwing bodies in front and chaos ensues. It is chaotic because there’s no order.”We score a goal. That’s fine. We are trying to push the ball and we almost score just before the final whistle. But, to be fair, if it was a tie today, that would have been flattering.We’ve got work harder. In training, in games, recovering better. People expect results when you are at this club.In a bad situation, you have to be even more determined, run a little bit longer, and take better care of yourself. We have to work harder, run more and take better care of ourselves.The results of the last five to six games have not been good enough. We are the only ones that can help us. We already know.There’s no time to rest. It’s not time to regroup. We have games,games,games. It can be good to have a quick turnaround so we can play again.We need to improve our performance and be more consistent in our play.
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‘No structure… nowhere near good enough… yards off it’: Andy Robertson’s startling admission about Liverpool team-mates – and the new bad trait they’ve only shown ‘twice in nine seasons’
