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That Liverpool have two games a week with little rest between games is not something that Jurgen Klopp has been enjoying.
While the Reds have continued to win games to a large extent, complaints from the German who determine when each team plays with have been well documented, and injuries to several key players have been caused by congestion.
One player who has been given little time to rest, and Klopp admitted that he would have liked to manage his minutes more, is Andy Robertson.
Robertson has played more minutes than any other Liverpool player so far this season, and Klopp himself has said he would have liked to take it off more often.
However, he has been denied the opportunity to do so, in Klopp’s own words, due to the lack of the five substitutes rule in the Premier League, although many could argue that he could have brought in Kostas Tsimikas if it had been absolutely necessary. .
Despite that lack of turnover, Robertson has been a key man for Liverpool to date and shows no signs of slowing down.
“You can count on one hand how many times he’s been exposed to defense in terms of isolation,” Mark Baker said on the Post-Game podcast when Liverpool beat the Wolves over the weekend.
“But his quality in terms of what he offers in the last third, not just the energy, but his technique and the quality of his selection, is really good.”
“I’m not sure what Robertson is having for breakfast recently, but he needs to tell us his secret,” added Lauren Black. “He keeps running and has started 22 games for his club and his country this season.
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“To have played that many games already and still be bombing the left side is fascinating.”
Compare his minutes so far this season to the same point, in terms of Liverpool’s games played, in the last one and the consistency in his performances is even more impressive.
So far this season, Robertson has played 1,444 minutes of football for Liverpool, according to Transfermarkt, plus six games for Scotland, including two overtime periods.
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Last year, he had played 211 fewer minutes in the same stage of the season with Liverpool, which is equivalent to 2.34 fewer games, without taking into account the efforts of his team, which have also increased.
Much of that is because the Champions League is packed into a smaller time frame, with group matches taking place early in the season in relation to the league matches that run alongside them.
But now Group D’s progression ahead of matchday six against Midtjylland has been tied, no one other than Robertson is in line to rest.
Tsimikas may not have replaced Robertson too often this season, but along with Wijnaldum, the Scottish left-back is one of the most deserving of a week off before the trip to Fulham on Sunday.
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