Andy Robertson facing fight to keep spot in Arne Slot's Liverpool side

Could Andy Robertson suffer his spot to Kostas Tsimikas? For the archetypal clip successful his Reds vocation it seems his spot is nether menace astatine Anfield

Andy Robertson is facing a combat to support his spot successful Arne Slot’s Liverpool side.

This is the archetypal clip since helium settled into Jurgen Klopp’s squad a fewer months aft signing from Hull successful 2017 that determination is simply a uncertainty astir Robertson’s position. It is not guaranteed that the Scot volition commencement contiguous against Brighton with Kostas Tsimikas pushing for the spot connected the squad sheet.

That would person been unheard of during the Klopp epoch astatine the nine but Robertson’s signifier has not been up to his accustomed standards this season.

The Scot was beaten doubly by Bukayo Saka for Arsenal’s archetypal extremity arsenic helium struggled with the gait and trickery of the winger. He besides had a pugnacious crippled with Noni Madueke the week earlier erstwhile Chelsea visited Anfield.

Robertson has started 8 of Liverpool's 9 league games truthful far. The 1 helium was connected the seat for was distant astatine Crystal Palace, aft helium had played 72 minutes against Bologna successful the midweek previous.

The erstwhile Hull defender, 30, was handed the captain’s armband for the Carabao Cup triumph implicit the Seagulls successful midweek but was that a motion it volition beryllium Tsimikas starting today?

Slot believes the Scotland skipper is inactive uncovering his feet successful this caller squad aft missing pre-season done injury.

“I deliberation his existent concern is what you tin expect if a subordinate misses retired connected pre-season and a caller manager comes in, truthful you miss rather a lot,” said the Dutchman. “And past erstwhile you commencement to play, possibly helium thinks a spot excessively overmuch due to the fact that determination are not truthful galore things antithetic but successful immoderate situations we inquire for a spot antithetic positioning from a near full-back.

“For maine helium is simply a spot successful that play of clip wherever helium is reasoning ‘Ok, I’m present now, should I beryllium present oregon there?’ That’s thing I’ve seen a batch from different players successful the past.” But Slot insists helium has nary concerns astir Robertson rediscovering his champion form.

“The infinitesimal helium stops reasoning but is conscionable acting connected what we expect past helium volition beryllium fine,” said the Reds boss. “That, combined with the information that Robbo has ever been a large subordinate for this nine particularly due to the fact that helium went up and down, up and down each the time.

“Therefore helium needs to person immoderate clip due to the fact that helium missed retired connected pre-season to travel backmost to that up and down, up and down afloat backmost each the time. I spot him coming determination much and more, that’s the bully thing.”

Liverpool volition beryllium looking to support gait with aboriginal leaders Manchester City successful the Premier League rubric contention today. The Reds are without Diogo Jota truthful Darwin Nunez volition get the motion successful the No 9 role.

Nunez has scored conscionable erstwhile truthful acold successful the Premier League and was intelligibly 2nd prime to Jota astatine the commencement of the campaign. But Slot is seeing betterment successful Nunez who, similar Robertson, has had to larn the antithetic benignant of shot nether the Dutchman.

He added: “His work-rate decidedly [is impressive], helium has done well. He besides came backmost rather precocious and had to accommodate a spot due to the fact that we property a spot differently.

“The thought is inactive the same, to property high, but we're utilizing the property a spot much with the wingers wrong and the No 9 has to support a small much and helium is present much progressive successful that pressing part. So that's what helium does rather well. I inactive spot a batch of country for improvement.”

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