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It wasn’t a great night for Liverpool star Andy Robertson on Friday.
Steve Clarke’s Scottish team drew 1-1 at home to Israel in a Nations League clash.
But with the exception perhaps of Lyndon Dykes, it was a flat performance by most of Scotland’s best players, including Liverpool’s left-back.
In his defense, Robertson was playing slightly out of position, as Clarke deployed him in a wingback role to accommodate Kieran Tierney, also a left back, in a three-man defense.
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Still, the former Celtic trainee, a Premier League champion last season, did little to stand out and the 26-year-old, who had 12 assists last season, also struggled in an offensive sense.
And Michael Stewart has told The Scottish Sun that Robertson doesn’t seem as dangerous to his country as he does to Jurgen Klopp’s side on a regular basis.
He said: “I would feel better 4-4-1-1, with Tierney at left back and Robertson up front. Robertson, for some reason, was nothing like the player he is in the Liverpool jersey.
“I don’t understand why we didn’t play it against Tierney. You could even play McKenna and Tierney as center backs, with Robertson as left back. “
In Clarke’s defense, he clearly has to play Robertson and Tierney in the same first XI, although they operate in the same position.
There is obviously a disconnect somewhere, but the Scottish chief have so that it works in the long term. If not, what a waste it would be to have two players of that quality and not find a system that works.
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