Robertson revels in first league win at Manchester City | OneFootball

Andy Robertson hailed the defensive work of Liverpool after the Reds won 2-0 at Manchester City on Sunday.

Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points with victory over the defending champions at the Etihad.

Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai were on target in Manchester, as Liverpool completed a league double over Pep Guardiola’s side this season.

Robertson was full of praise for the performance from Liverpool, who had not beaten City in a league fixture at the Etihad since 2015.

“First of all, beating City home and away is never easy. I think since the likes of me and Mo came in seven, eight years ago, we’ve only won here in the Champions League, so it’s obviously a really tough place to come and they always make it difficult,” Robertson said, as per the club’s official website.

“Then when you see the line-up and think they’re coming out to play, they’re coming out to attack – and I think that’s what their line-up showed but we also knew that would leave spaces in the other end.

“I think defensively we did so well as a team – not just the back four or Ali [Alisson Becker], I think the whole team defended so well.

“The wingers put in such a shift, Curtis [Jones] and Dom at the top end of the pitch pressed so well. I think we limited a good team to a very small amount of chances or clear-cut chances anyway.

“I think that was the most pleasing thing, keeping the clean sheet, because we know with the quality that we’ve got in the team that we can score goals. The clean sheet was really important and we’re all delighted with that.

“You’re 2-0 up at half-time and you know they’re going to throw everything at it. City at home are never going to lie down to anyone.

“But like I said, I don’t really remember them having a clear-cut chance in the second half, which from our point of view was so pleasing.

“We could have been better on the ball, of course, but we’re 2-0 up and it’s all about the clean sheet.

“I think the lads were putting in so much energy and such a good shift to keep that clean sheet then maybe on the ball they were a little bit tired and things like that.

“This afternoon couldn’t have gone much better and now we have to move on.”

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