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Charlotte Coates

Alan Shearer names Liverpool player who should win top prize as Andy Robertson truth emerges

Here are your Liverpool morning headlines for Monday, April 25.

Alan Shearer names Liverpool defender as his Premier League player of the season

Alan Shearer has suggested Andy Robertson should be considered for this year's Premier League Player of the Season award after the Liverpool left-back starred in the 2-0 Merseyside derby win over Everton.

Robertson set the Reds on their way to a vital victory, which was sealed by substitute Divock Origi, and then made a crucial goal-line clearance to stop Alex Iwobi from tapping in a Dele Alli cross.

It was Robertson's second goal of the season, having scored against Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the campaign, and his seventh for the club since his arrival on Merseyside in 2017.

And Shearer has suggested the Scotland captain's performances this season, especially in the derby on Sunday, should earn him consideration for the award.

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Andy Robertson transfer truth emerges as Mohamed Salah talk ends

Andy Robertson doesn’t score too often. But when he does, they tend to matter.

Only time will determine whether his opportunist far-post header to break the deadlock against Everton proves quite as transformative as his strike from a similar position at Aston Villa during the 2019/20 championship-winning campaign.

But a first goal in front of the Kop – and how Robertson celebrated – was deserved reward for the left-back’s willingness and persistence to keep pushing forward in the face of such awkward Everton resistance.

Nor did he shirk his defensive responsibilities, nicking the ball clear as Alex Iwobi prepared to convert substitute Dele Alli’s cutback as Everton pressed for an equaliser.

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