As he prepares to leave Liverpool, Andy Robertson has been looking back on some of the defining moments of his time at Anfield.
There is no question the Reds are losing a legend this summer, with Robertson set to leave Liverpool after next weekend’s season conclusion. But when he arrived from Hull City, he was still an unknown £8m left-back with everything to prove.
Under Jurgen Klopp, he became one of the best full-backs in the world and won virtually every trophy possible. Still, there was a time when that success looked like it might never come.
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Andy Robertson on almost losing hope under Jurgen Klopp
The 2018/19 season could have broken Liverpool. Klopp’s side lost just one Premier League game, finished on 97 points and still missed out on the title to Manchester City.
For a team that had already lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid the previous year, it would have been easy for doubts to creep in. European redemption saved them.
Speaking on The Overlap, Robertson explained: “God almighty. 97 points. I would have really worried for us that season if we didn’t win the Champions League.
“Like in terms of, you know, mentally because the season before we got beat in the Champions League final against Real Madrid, realistically, we weren’t ready for that final. We were coming up against, you know, the old-timers of the Champions League.
“And I think then the season we had 97 points, hardly dropping any points and just coming up against an absolutely unbelievable team. But the fact that we had the Champions League final to then, you know, kind of bounce back on after the disappointment of the last game of the season, I think it was full focus on the Champions League.
“We were that determined to go and win that Champions League because we knew that could be the start of our success.”
Had Liverpool ended that campaign trophyless, Robertson clearly feels it could have damaged the belief Klopp was building. Instead, they beat Tottenham in Madrid and turned pain into proof.
The mentality only grew from there, with Liverpool winning the Premier League the following season.
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In many ways, that Champions League final was the turning point of the Klopp and Guardiola rivalry. City had won the league battle, but Liverpool finally had the trophy that confirmed they were ready to dominate too.
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