Robertson insists Liverpool are ready and raring to go in EPL title race

Andrew Robertson has vowed there will be no hangover when Liverpool resume their title challenge despite the sense of bewilderment from their defeat in Barcelona.

The Scotland international enjoyed one of his finest performances for Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, which included a superb penalty area tackle on Lionel Messi, but it counted for nothing at the Nou Camp.

'We are near the end of the season but we've got three, hopefully four, games left,' said Robertson, who showed why he was named in the PFA Team of the Year. 'We've no time to have a hangover now; we need to go strong into the Newcastle game.

'We need to get our bodies, first and foremost, ready and then go again because we can't let our foot off the gas. We need the three points and push them (City) the whole way. There can't be a hangover. Newcastle is our full concentration now.

'It was a strange one (in Barcelona) because we played well but we got beat 3-0 and it's baffling how that's happened.

'We didn't take out chances and they had a bit of luck with the second but that's what happens. It's going to be a tough task now but now we have to think about Saturday first.'

'I think we have developed a really good team,' said Robertson. 'We have fallen short but we can be proud of the performance and we just need that bit of luck. We are still young and will still learn and be better for it in years to come.

'I thought personally I did relatively well against Messi down their right-hand side but he scores two goals. So, for me that's not good enough clearly. I thought the second goal he scored was world-class. You could've had two keepers in and we wouldn't have saved it but that's what he can do.

'That's Messi, he's done it for many years now. Fair play to him, he's a world-class player and he conducts himself as a world-class player. We can be proud of what we have done this season but we need one big, final push now...'