Liverpool news: Andy Robertson on Premier League draw a Everton

Defender Andy Robertson believes “a lot of people would have taken” the prospect of Liverpool being seven points clear at the top of the Premier League in mid-February.

Arne Slot’s side extended their gap at the top of the Premier League table with Wednesday’s dramatic 2-2 draw at Everton, but they did have the opportunity to go nine points clear with a win.

Nonetheless, Robertson is seeing the positives regarding the gap at the top in what many thought would be a transitionary season for the Reds given Slot’s summer appointment.

Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside after the Goodison Park draw, Robertson said: “When you come here, you know what to expect and I think that heightened a little bit with it being the last derby here.

“We knew what we were coming into and, for the large part, we did it well. Don’t get me wrong, we could have played much better football but I thought we were right up for the fight.

“When you are winning in the 96th minute, you want to see the game out but unfortunately we probably didn’t get enough bodies back when they committed their centre-backs into the box.

“It is a frustration from our point of view. We also believe there was a foul in the build-up, but we have to move on from it.

“There’s nothing worse than having games in hand. You always want to be on level games and see where it takes you, so we are glad that the game in hand is out of the way.

“But we wanted three points and we wanted to be nine points clear. The fact that we’re seven points clear, I think a lot of people would have taken that in mid-February.”

Listen to the full post-match interview on BBC Sounds