Andrew Robertson admits Liverpool face ‘huge uphill battle’ to retain title

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Robertson said: “Obviously, we’ve given ourselves a huge uphill battle, but I don’t think any of the teams will really look at the league table until we’re halfway through. That’s what we’ve got to do but we’ve got to pick up points on a more consistent basis.

Then let’s see where we are after Christmas time or whatever. It’s definitely not a question that’s getting spoken about in the changing room or anything.“We just need to get back to the levels that we know we can, the levels that we brought the last two games in particular.

If we do that on a more regular basis, then we pick up more points than we won’t.”Liverpool were trailing 1-0 when Virgil van Dijk’s header was ruled out after Robertson, standing in an offside position, was adjudged to have interfered with play.Robertson admitted Liverpool “would have probably been fortunate to be on level terms” but said: “We think it’s an OK goal. I can’t really comment on it; I think we’ll let other people do that.