Robertson reveals he played through the pain barrier against Man City

Andy Robertson has revealed he played through the pain barrier against title rivals Manchester City, despite the Liverpool full-back not training 'for the last two and a half weeks'.

Robertson is a regular fixture in Jurgen Klopp's title-chasing side and he put a 'niggling injury' aside to play in one of the biggest games of the season on Sunday.

But he now accepts that his injury 'won't go away' unless he rests it up and so the decision has been made for Robertson to miss the two Euro 2020 qualifiers.

Robertson, along with Manchester United's Scott McTominay and Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser, pulled out of Steve Clarke's squad on Monday.

'It's a big disappointment for me to miss out,' Robertson said. 'I don't care what game it is, I want to play and my track record in the last five years has shown that.

'But for the last two and a half weeks, I've not trained at all for Liverpool. I've trained the day before a game, could only play the last 15 minutes against Genk in the Champions League and missed the Arsenal game in the League Cup.

'It's a niggling injury which won't go away unless I give it time. My ankle was already injured when a tackle from Rodri on me late in the game against Manchester City on Sunday opened it up again.

'I was already a doubt for Scotland but unfortunately that made it even worse. I don't want to pick up more injuries and ruin my season because of it. The call has been made and it has been taken out of my hands. It hurts as captain to miss out. I know a lot has been said about these two games being meaningless but we don't believe that.'

Clarke's squad will fly to Cyprus on Thursday and Robertson has requested to stay with the group to receive his treatment, rather than return immediately to Liverpool.