Robertson reveals how he’s preparing to face Messi tomorrow night

Andy Robertson says he won’t change the way in which he prepares for any match, even if he’s set to face Lionel Messi.

The left-back could be up against the player regarded as the best in world football tomorrow night when the Reds take on Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

But the Scotland captain is unfazed by the prospect of taking on the Argentinian maestro.

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“I don’t think you have to prepare any differently from any other game,” he said, as quoted by LiverpoolFC.com.

“Of course, you’re playing against a better player than you usually would… he’s the best player in the world. You can maybe watch clips, although I don’t know if that would help, mind you!

“But I think we all need to be prepared because he drifts all over the pitch. You watch him, and sometimes he’s back in the centre-half spot, picking up the ball from deep and things like that, so he’ll start on the right but I’m prepared for him not to stay out there. But I know he’ll be running at us at times, and it’s all about how we defend it.

“We need to defend in packs, but the problem is that it’s not just him. If you keep him quiet, then you’ve got [Philippe] Coutinho, who we all know well, you’ve got [Luis] Suarez and people like that who can cause you problems, so it’s not about keeping one man quiet, it’s about keeping the whole team quiet, and that’ll be the hardest thing for us.”

On the prospect of Liverpool reaching another Champions League final, Robertson added: “It’d be huge. Last year was unbelievable for us, to get to the final and to beat Roma the way that we did and everything that went along with it.”

“We know how good a feeling it was getting to the final, how exciting the end of the season was and everything leading up to the final, and we want to be back there again.

“Of course we had the disappointment in Kiev, but we’ve used that to our advantage this season.

“A lot of teams might shy away from that and not have as good a season because of the knock-on effect, but I think we’ve done the complete opposite. That was our benchmark and we’ve taken it to a new level this season.

“Whether we end up with a trophy or not is yet to be seen, but the way our season has gone so far has been very positive.

“Getting to another final would be huge, it would be a massive honour, but we know how hard the challenge is going to be.

“Then we can think about everything else that goes along with it, because Madrid’s a lot easier to get to than Kiev!”

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