Andy Robertson frustrated with Arsenal draw

Andy Robertson believes Liverpool’s draw with Arsenal was a “fair” result and hopes it will be a case of a point gained by the end of the season.

James Milner struck a superb second-half goal through a crowd of players from the edge of the box to put Liverpool 1-0 at the Emirates on the back of an incorrectly-disallowed Sadio Mane goal in the first half.

However, Alexandre Lacazette later equalised for the Gunners with a clever finish after Alisson was forced into leaving his goal line in an attempt to close him down.

Robertson was frustrated with the final result but drew positives nonetheless.

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LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 3: Fabinho of Liverpool takes on Arsenal’s Lucas Torreira during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on November 3, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

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“It was a hard one because we took the lead and this season we’ve been really good at holding on to leads. I thought that was going to be the case,” Robertson told Liverpoolfc.com.

“We lost a poor goal from our point of view. If you look back on the game they probably had more possession but the clear-cut chances have all fallen to us.

“On another day we could have been a bit more comfortable, but two good teams went at it and a draw is probably a fair result.

“If you look at last season, especially away from home against the so-called top six teams, we didn’t do well enough.

“The only point we picked up was here [at Arsenal], 3-3, so we’ve kind of rectified that a bit in the games that we’ve played [so far this season].

“We are unbeaten against the top six so it’s positive but we could have quite easily won. Hopefully at the end of the season it will be a point gained – but just now it doesn’t feel like that.”

As well as a dominant defensive performance, Van Dijk was involved in a series of Liverpool chances and might have left the pitch with a hat-trick.

The Dutchman’s delicate control and shot in the first half was denied by Leno, his flicked header clipped the post and then a more powerful nod after the break was tipped over.

“When he chested it [for the first chance], I thought ‘Goal’,” said Robertson. “But it was just unlucky and was right at the ‘keeper. He probably ran out of space.

“And then his header towards the back end of the first half was unlucky as well. He had a couple of chances and I’m sure he will be disappointed even though he’s a centre-back; on another day he could have had a couple of goals.”

The left-back also revealed that Liverpool adjusted their formation at half-time, which helped them gain more of a foothold in the game.

“We came under a bit of pressure and in the first half we probably didn’t get it quite right – they switched the play and were really good at overloading on both sides,” he said.

“It was tough and we changed the formation a bit at half-time and that helped us; obviously Millie helping Trent [Alexander-Arnold] out and Sadio [Mane] did a great job for me. It made it a bit more even and then it meant we could get forward a bit more as well.

“It was a good game but defensively we did come under a bit of pressure, especially in the last 10 minutes when they equalised, but we managed to stay strong.”

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