Andy Robertson opens up on Liverpool injury hell and how 'everything' has changed under Arne Slot

Andy Robertson says he is "pain free for the first time in five months"

The Liverpool left-back has opened up on the injury issues that have plagued him in 2024.

It had looked initially like Robertson might miss out having been absent for most of the pre-season period with a minor issue

A shoulder injury in October sidelined the Scotland international for close to four months last term

the defender has now revealed that he was playing through the pain barrier for the final months of the campaign last time out in an effort to make sure he didn't let either his club or country down

Robertson

"I felt really good today, all things considered,"

“Look, I was playing in pain from March onwards and obviously It was a really important time for the club and then a really important time for my country.

"I hoped that the three weeks off would have settled things down but it didn't and I needed a wee bit longer.

"So I managed to get my fitness up to a really good level in terms of not being with the team, which was hugely frustrating.

“But I made sure I was in America, in every team meeting going, asking the coaches questions, things like that, and trying to learn even when I could not be on the pitch.

"I knew that would put me in the best possible shape when I was on the pitch.

"There’s still lots to learn for all of us - it’s a completely new way of playing and new philosophy and everything. It will take a bit of time, of course it will.

“Obviously coming off towards the end, I started to get a little bit tired, which is normal, but I felt good today, I feel good.

“I am pain free for the first time in five months, which is always positive, so long may it continue."

Robertson added: "(Slot) wasn't happy (at half time, against Ipswich) but we knew that as well. We weren't happy with our performance and he wasn't as well.

"EHe tried to help us to see how we could maybe be a bit better on the ball and get a bit closer to the ball when they had it.

"But like I said, it's the Premier League and it's incredibly tough. Ipswich played a good first half, they were on it and they had their fans behind them and we maybe didn't react to that as well as we possibly could.

"But second half we did and before a ball was kicked, the aim today was to win the game and to keep a clean sheet and we managed to do that."