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During 31 games, Liverpool were as flawless as you would expect from a football team.
Then Manchester City lost points to Chelsea, crowning the Liverpool Premier League Champions, and almost immediately the results became … less than flawless. The Reds were immediately defeated 4-0 by City, and then some games lost 2-1 to Arsenal, with both goals coming directly from errors by Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker.
Andy Robertson hopes the Reds have learned their lesson against the Gunners as the teams prepare to meet in the Community Shield.
“Since their coach came in, he’s been fantastic, he’s probably been a revelation for them,” Robbo explained in an interview with the club’s official website. “You can say that the players are happy, you can see that the whole feeling around the club has changed and that depends on him and then on the players who buy it.
“So look, it’s a very different Arsenal than the one we probably faced at the beginning of last season in the league when we beat them at Anfield.
“But the lesson we learned is that we cannot disconnect at any point from the game. That’s for any team, but that particular game we turned off in two situations and they punished us.
“It was not a bad performance on our part, we created a lot of opportunities, we got in front and then, for whatever reason, we had a period of two or three minutes where we lost focus and found ourselves behind and Arsenal continues. win the game. “
We know that Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool don’t like to lose matches, regardless of the circumstances. And while the Community Shield is just a glorified friendly, it seems the guys would like to correct that loss, and as soon as possible.
“It was two teams that met that day and I have no doubt that it will be the same on Saturday,” continued Robbo. “Hopefully a different result and we can move forward, but Arsenal are a fantastic team. They have spent a good amount of money on high quality players and their roster is full of quality that we have to deal with. We know we have to do our best to beat them and that is what we will try to do. “
Today should be an excellent match and a good barometer for both teams heading into next season. Even though the Reds ultimately lost to Manchester City on penalties at the Community Shield last year, their dominant second-half performance certainly gave them confidence as the new season began.
Let’s hope for a similar performance, and a better result! Today.
