Andy Robertson has hailed Liverpool's strength in depth following today's 1-0 victory away to Newcastle United in the Premier League.
Jurgen Klopp made five changes to the starting-eleven that were victorious against Villarreal earlier this week, with Ibrahima Konate, Fabinho, Mohamed Salah, Thiago, Trent Alexander-Arnold all dropping to the bench for the trip to St James' Park.
Two of the players selected to start, James Milner and Joe Gomez, have struggled to feature from the off for the Reds this season but both impressed against Eddie Howe's side on Saturday afternoon. Such is the quality of this current squad, players continue to step up to the task in hand despite lacking the same rhythm as those featuring on a regular basis.
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Paying tribute to the unsung heroes in this Liverpool team, Robertson told BT Sport: "I thought Joe Gomez was different class at right-back as well. We need everyone in the squad, we’re blessed we have got everyone fit just now – maybe apart from Bobby, but a lot of us are fit and healthy and fighting for a place in the starting- eleven.
"We made five changes today but [James Milner was] Man of the Match, Joe Gomez different class, Naby Keita… it just shows that the lads are coming in and putting in big performances, and we need that from now until the end of the season."
Liverpool were made to work for the three points collected on Tyneside, having been put under pressure in the early stages of the match by the hosts. Determined to continue their climb up the Premier League of recent weeks, Robertson recognised Joelinton was one individual who caused 'problems' throughout the contest.
"We worked really hard. Newcastle are in fantastic shape, they’re in the top 10 now so we knew it was going to be difficult. They’ve made their home form count and luckily we got the goal and then I don’t think they had too many chances to be fair. We had a couple to try to kill the game off but all games are a wee bit nervy at this time of the season and we’re just delighted with the three points," said the Scotland international.
"They've obviously had the full week to prepare. Joelinton was causing us a couple of problems early on with the long balls, he was managing to win most of the headers and I thought second half the lads were excellent against him, started winning headers and that made a big difference. They started better than us, yeah, and then we got a foothold in the game. The first goal is always crucial, we managed to get it, and then I think we controlled it a bit better after that."
