Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson has called on his side to ignore Neymar’s reputation for theatrics ahead of the Champions League clash against PSG on Tuesday night.
The Reds welcome the Ligue 1 giants to Anfield in their first group stage fixture of the new Champions League campaign, with an exciting game on the cards.
Robertson is set to be one of the Liverpool defenders who is tasked with coping with the undeniable threat of PSG’s deadly attacking trio, which consists of Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani and, of course, Neymar.
Brazilian international Neymar has come under fire in recent months for his antics, having been accused of diving regularly at this summer’s World Cup.
However, Robertson was quick to insist that the onus is only on stopping the enigmatic wide player from putting his skills to good use. As quoted by ESPN, the Scotland captain outlined Neymar’s threat ahead of Tuesday’s fixture.
What I do know is that he’s a world-class player and we need to be wary of him. His skills speak for themselves. Yeah, people say he goes down too easily, but that’s not up to us. It’s up to the referee to decide. We’ll stay away from that.
For us, we’ve got to concentrate on the qualities. Unfortunately for us, he has a lot of them. It’s one player that we’ll have to be wary of. The bad thing for us is that they’ve got quite a lot of players that we’ll have to be wary of. On the other side, a good thing for us is that we’ve got a lot of players that can cause them problems.
Robertson is likely to be handed the responsibility of keeping Mbappé at bay, with the France star poised to line up on the right-hand side of Thomas Tuchel’s attacking trident.
Neymar, meanwhile, could operate in his favoured spot on the left wing, with Trent Alexander-Arnold likely to be handed one of the biggest tests of his career to date.
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