Liverpool players have little time to rest, with a difficult Champions League tie awaiting them next in the first leg of the last-16 clash.
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Liverpool fullback Andy Robertson is happy with the team grinding out a hard-fought 1-0 win over Burnley in the Premier League. Fabinho’s 40th-minute strike was enough for the Reds to secure a 1-0 Premier League win at the Turf Moor stadium on Sunday. It was the fifth goal in seven appearances for Fabinho. This goal helped Jurgen Klopp’s side maintain their pressure on table toppers Manchester City. Liverpool players, however, have little time to rest, with a difficult Champions League tie awaiting them next in the first leg of the last-16 clash. The Reds travel to San Siro to take on defending Serie A champions Inter Milan.
“It was a horrible day, really tough and Burnley made it difficult for us,” he told Liverpoolfc.com. “I thought they played a really good game but I think we stood up to every challenge they had. Our two centre-halves won a lot of headers, Fabinho won a lot of headers, me and Trent covering them, and [the] midfield winning balls and trying to win it back, and then it was just about trying to find that one bit of quality. Luckily, we got it and we could have maybe had a couple more, but 1-0, we’ll take it, we’ll take the three points and now we have to move on.”
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Robertson then went on to praise the goalscorer Fabinho, who is in a good run of form lately. “His all-round game has been magnificent. He is well known for breaking up the play and getting the balls back and feeding the strikers more so, but he seems to be popping up at the right place at the right time just now. It was a striker’s finish today, he was there to put it in the back of the net,” he explained.
“At the start of the season we knew we all had to chip in. Some have chipped in obviously more than others but I think that’s five goals in the last seven games from Fab, an incredible run of form and long may that continue. Long may people keep on chipping in and keep scoring goals because we can’t always rely on the front men to put it in the back of the net.”
Next up is a Champions League last-16 clash against Inter Milan for Liverpool. Asked about it, Robertson said, “Yeah, obviously the group stages to the last 16 is the biggest wait for the Champions League. Once the draw gets done you get excited about it and you look forward to that challenge ahead. It’s going to be incredibly tough. Inter are going really well in Serie A, up fighting at the top and we’ll try to keep pushing on all fronts.”
“We’ve got a tough game away first and we need to be at our best and do what we’ve been doing over the last six to eight weeks. If we do that, I believe we can get a positive result. But we look forward to it – an iconic stadium, an amazing stadium, I’m sure the crowd will be fantastic and we’ll bring a big away support. We are really looking forward to it.”
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