One Liverpool participant has admitted to taking part in by way of the ache barrier earlier this 12 months as he spoke candidly about his ‘vastly irritating’ damage struggles.
Andy Robertson missed three months of final season because of a shoulder drawback and was additionally sidelined with an ankle knock in direction of the tip of March, since which he’s performed on for membership and nation (he captained Scotland at Euro 2024) regardless of being ‘in ache’.
The left-back instructed liverpoolfc.com: “I used to be taking part in in ache from March onwards and clearly it was a extremely vital time for the membership after which a extremely vital time for my nation.
“I hoped that the three weeks off [after the Euros] would have settled issues down nevertheless it didn’t and I wanted a wee bit longer, so I managed to get my health as much as a extremely good degree by way of not being with the workforce, which was vastly irritating.”
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Nevertheless, regardless of that includes in just one pre-season match, Robertson was chosen to begin in opposition to Ipswich final weekend and performed for 79 minutes at Portman Highway, which confirmed to him that he’s now over his damage issues.
The 30-year-old acknowledged: “Clearly coming off in direction of the tip, I began to get somewhat bit drained, which is regular, however I felt good, I really feel good. I’m pain-free for the primary time in 5 months, which is all the time optimistic, so lengthy might it proceed.”
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Robertson didn’t have his finest efficiency for Liverpool within the win over Ipswich on Saturday, though that’s comprehensible within the context of the damage points that he’s confronted this 12 months, the extent of which he’s solely simply made clear.
He’s now at an age the place even minor issues are liable to escalate into one thing extra in depth, so it wouldn’t shock us if Arne Slot had been to handle the 30-year-old’s minutes fastidiously this season and provides Kostas Tsimikas ample alternatives to begin.
Now that the Scot is ‘pain-free’, although, we might hopefully see him at his rampaging, combative finest earlier than lengthy, with him and Trent Alexander-Arnold set to be as essential as ever in direction of setting up assaults for the entrance three to complete off.
Right here’s hoping that Robertson will come by way of the whole marketing campaign with out a recurrence of any damage issues, and the identical goes for the remainder of the squad, notably as soon as the video games pile up when the Champions League will get underway and Liverpool enter the home cups.
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