Andy Robertson has spoken about playing through injury against Wolves in Liverpool’s final Premier League game and now using time to recover ahead of the Champions League final.
The Reds capped off a sensational domestic season by beating Nuno Santo’s side 2-0 and finishing on 97 points - one behind champions Manchester City .
Jurgen Klopp has allowed his squad some time off for rest and recuperation ahead of their European Cup final against Tottenham on June 1 in Madrid.
The players are set to return to Melwood later this week to begin preparations for their encounter with Mauricio Pochettino’s men - and Robertson feels the short break will prove beneficial.
“It’s so important, being able to switch off and spend some time with your family, just trying to forget about football because it is an intense period of time,” the defender told Liverpoolfc.com.
“If you can even switch off for two or three days then it’s perfect. I am sure in the back of our minds all of us will have the final, you can’t help that, but we’ll try and switch off as best we can and then we’ll go full steam ahead into the next couple of weeks.”
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Robertson will use the time to help a slight calf niggle continue to heal – a problem sustained during last week’s win over Barcelona at Anfield, but not serious enough to rule him out of the encounter with Wolves.
“It wasn’t the best on Sunday and I could feel it during the game, but I wanted to play and was desperate to get out there,” he explained.
“The adrenaline kept me going and the fact a lot of us have played through pain, not just me. Luckily now we’ve got a couple of weeks to recover and get our bodies right – and we’ll know we’ll be as fresh as we can be going into the final.”
