Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson had one of the crucial forgettable matches of his profession because the Premier League leaders surprisingly fell behind at residence to Fulham on Saturday.
Scotland captain Robertson was damage early on, deflected in Andreas Pereira’s Eleventh-minute opener for the Cottagers and was proven a straight purple card six minutes later.
Robertson’s dismisssal, which adopted a prolonged Video Assistant Referee verify for offside, got here after he miscontrolled the ball and introduced down Harry Wilson in a hasty try to atone for his preliminary error.
“What a fully stinking afternoon for Andrew Robertson,” former England striker Chris Sutton. “He had that collision earlier, then deflected Pereira’s shot in and now has been despatched off.”
AP at Anfield. 💥 pic.twitter.com/bUUpU8Ic2j
— Fulham Soccer Membership (@FulhamFC) December 14, 2024
Liverpool vs Fulham
Regardless of their promising kind, few would have confidently backed Fulham to hassle a Liverpool aspect looking for a tenth consecutive residence win in all competitions.
Visiting supervisor Marco Silva was winless in all 10 of his earlier video games in opposition to Liverpool, though his gamers arrived on a four-match unbeaten away run.
Midfielder Pereira reached Antonee Robinson’s cross behind Robertson on the far put up, firing into the roof of the online to present Fulham a lead they held at half-time.
As a part of an 18-match unbeaten run, Liverpool had gained every of their earlier three residence video games 2-0, beating Aston Villa, Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis.
Quick begins from @FulhamFC 🏎️
The Cottagers have opened the scoring early in every of their final three matches! pic.twitter.com/l88uaUBAZT
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 14, 2024
Robertson purple card
Robertson had been given his marching orders as soon as beforehand for Liverpool, receiving a straight purple at Tottenham 13 minutes from time in a 2-2 draw on December 19 2021.
As an 18-year-old, he additionally noticed a straight purple within the 74th minute of a Scottish League Cup sport whereas taking part in for Queen’s Park at St Johnstone on September 25 2012.
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot reacted to Robertson’s departure by deploying midfielder Ryan Gravenberch as a 3rd centre-back alongside Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk, with attacker Cody Gakpo initially at left wing-back.
Sutton later recommended that Gomez had taken over that place from Gakpo. “I believe that’s the correct transfer,” the pundit added. “It appeared actually lopsided with Gakpo. You wouldn’t say he’s too defensive-minded, so [Slot’s] attempting to plug that hole.”