Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson believes the Reds will "take positives" from their loss against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup, but warned they don't have any time to waste as they aim to make up for their disappointing start to the season.
The Reds were beaten 3-2 by Pep Guardiola's side at the Etihad Stadium in what was their first game since the start of November.
Erling Haaland only needed nine minutes to find the back of the net, but Fabio Carvalho quickly levelled proceedings. Riyad Mahrez restored City's lead just after half-time before Mohamed Salah equalised a minute later. Nathan Ake's header though ended Liverpool's defence of the Carbao Cup.
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Robertson played 90 minutes for Liverpool at the Etihad and is set to continue in the team as the Reds restart their Premier League campaign at Villa Park on Boxing Day.
"We wanted to stay in this cup, we know how much joy it brought us last season," Robertson told Sky Sports. "Ultimately disappointing but when we look at the clips we will take positives. It's a good game, both sets of players were out on their feet, we always raise our games against each other.
"There were positives, creating chances, sometimes we looked good on the ball but there were mistakes as well. It's our first game back in a long time and it's not often your first game back is against Manchester City.
"We didn't start great, go behind, Fabio scored a fabulous goal, we went behind early in the second half, reacted so well, had a couple of chances, then we switched off at a short corner."
Robertson added: "We don’t really have time to waste, especially in the league. We had a difficult start before the break, picked up the last couple of results which were really positive and we wanted to kickstart that.
"There’s positives to take from tonight but ultimately ended in defeat and we’re out the cup, which is disappointing when you want to go for every trophy available for you.
"Now the league starts, we look forward to Boxing Day, a really difficult game at Villa, new manager, new style of play and they’ve started really well under him, so we’re expecting a really tough game but we have to be ready, we have to be back at our best if we want to play in the league and that’s what we plan to do."
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