Alexis Mac Allister discovered a well past Thibaut Courtois as Liverpool beat Actual Madrid
Andy Robertson and a number of other of his Liverpool team-mates may very well be forgiven for feeling a way of deja vu as they watched Thibaut Courtois pull off a string of sensible saves at Anfield final night time.
Courtois produced an outstanding show as Actual Madrid received the Champions League closing in Paris in 2022, denying Jurgen Klopp’s Reds earlier than Vinicius Jr struck the one objective of the sport 14 minutes into the second half.
It regarded like the large Belgian would break Liverpool hearts once more final night time with commanding blocks to maintain out a Dominik Szoboszlai shot and a Virgil van Dijk header as the house aspect pressed for the opening objective.
He was finally crushed by Alexis Mac Allister’s header from a Szoboszlai free-kick as Liverpool edged an absorbing encounter 1-0.
Robertson told Liverpoolfc.com: “Actually pleasing. Glad we constructed on Saturday, making an attempt to convey that consistency again.
“I believed from minute one we had been all bang there tonight and simply carried on from Saturday by way of being laborious to beat, working laborious for one another, at all times making an attempt to assist your mate out. Then I believed the standard was there as properly.
“I believed their ’keeper [Thibaut Courtois] was excellent, he clearly managed to maintain the rating down. We had a couple of massive possibilities, particularly at the beginning of the second half. However 1-0, a satisfying night time, a large three factors for us and now we transfer on.”
He’s an unbelievable keeper – Robertson hails Courtois
He added on Courtois: “You simply must preserve going. Most likely the lads who performed within the closing in Paris [in 2022] had a little bit of déjà vu! He’s an unbelievable ’keeper, distinctive, and he at all times appears to convey out his greatest in opposition to us.
“He’s actually laborious to beat however fortunately we simply saved knocking on the door and we believed that if we saved creating the possibilities we’d hopefully knock it down finally, and fortunately Macca popped up and received the objective.
“Then we may most likely have scored extra, the sport actually opened up. We had been then defending and taking part in on the counter-attack, which most likely suited us within the final 10 to fifteen minutes and simply if that final cross was proper we may have been in one-on-one.
“However everybody labored their socks off immediately, even the lads coming off the bench actually performed their half as properly, and [it was] a large all-round efficiency immediately.”
Reds need consistency forward of Metropolis journey
It was a second successive win for Liverpool following on from Saturday’s defeat of Aston Villa and Robertson hopes they will now present some improved kind following a tough run.
The Scotland worldwide added: “It’s necessary now that we have now to be constant: that was the message immediately earlier than the sport, we want the consistency again within the sport, and I believe we actually introduced that.
“However we’ve received one other large sport on Sunday [at Manchester City] and it’s going to be powerful. We’ve put lots into this week already and it’s going to be tough, however we clearly go there with extra confidence than we had final week in order that’s pleasing.”
