Liverpool manager, Arne Slot was delighted by his side’s character as they preserved their six-point lead on Arsenal and said Robertson was punished for playing on with an injury.
In a post-match interview on Saturday, Slot said he cannot ask for more although it is not the result he is expecting from the match.
At Anfield, Liverpool fought back to claim a 2-2 draw, thanks to Diogo Jota’s late equaliser, after Andrew Robertson was sent off for a last-man foul in the 17th minute.
”The character the team showed, that is what Robbo showed,” said Slot.
“If you get a kick like this, two studs on a knee, that can hurt for a few minutes. If you keep running and it gets better and better, that is what we were hoping for.”I only had one defender on the bench, who is not a left full-back, so you are hoping he was managing to come through it and did quite well.
”But the moment I noticed he wasn’t completely himself was the one time they put the ball in behind and he started running and was just able to head back to Ali (Alisson Becker).
“I felt ‘Hmm, OK, let’s see how this continues’ and I think it was quite soon afterwards he conceded the red card.
“Nothing to blame him, the character showed in wanting to continue because he got quite a hard knock with two studs. Unfortunately, it led to a deserved red card.”
Slot praised his players, who stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points, with second-placed Chelsea playing Brentford on Sunday.
”I think it is exactly the opposite from Girona (the midweek Champions League win) where I was pleased but not the performance,” he added.
“Here I am very happy about the performance, I couldn’t have asked for more, but of course not with the result because if you drop points in a home game against Fulham that is definitely not what you expect and what you want.
“But yeah, being a goal down twice, it’s all going against you, except for one thing, which is our players and our fans, I thought we were outstanding.”
