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How national media rated Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota as Scotland drew with Portugal
Liverpool duo Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota experienced different emotions and performances as Scotland held Portugal at Hampden on Tuesday night.
Donning the captain’s armband, Liverpool left-back Robertson was hoping to guide his team to just their second win in 16 matches, but they had to resort to defending for the maj𒊎ority🌸 of the game.
Portugal named a strong XI, including Cristiano Ronaldo playing up top, Jota o🐲n the l🦩eft and a midfield consisting of Bruno Fernandes.
That meant a lot of defensive work for Robertson as he worked that left flank tirelessly fo♏r 90+ minutes.
Whilst Robertson played the whജole game, his Liverpool teammate was subbed off just after the hour mark a🍸nd the analysis on him afterwards wasn’t pleasant.
On the domestic stage, it has been a strong start for Arne Slot as his team sit at the top of the Premier League table, with Jota making a healthy start himself as he has four goal contributions to his name.
But against the Scots, the Portuguese media felt that him going off after an hour waಞs ‘tꦬoo late’, as reported by .
That outlet handed the versatile forward a rating of 4/10 and agreed because they also handed him𝄹 the same rating.
It was a different story altogetheﷺr for Robertson, who was awarded a 7/10𝓀 rating by , with the player also getting eights from and .
Andy Robertson praised by Scotland media as Diogo Jota struggles for Portugal
A Bola wrote about Jota’s display: “Without any spark and without the ability to set the Scotland area alight. He came off shortly after the hour mark to make way 🔥for Rafael Leão and the impression is that it was too late.”
As for Robertson, The Scotsman wrote: “His crossing was excellent all night. Unlucky not to get an assist when his left-wing cross was met by the head of Scott McTominay after five minutes. Gave💮 away a poor pass early in the second half that almost saw Ronaldo opening the scoring, though.”
With the Herald Scotland even more impressed: “The skipper stood up💧 a brilliant cross for McTominay early on in what was an outstanding piece of vision that should have resulted in a goal. Bravely put his body on the line to lift the pressure on he and his teammates after a sustained period of pressure from the visitors as they settled in Glasgow. Linked well with Doak.”
Liverpool test ramps up for Arne Slot
To lose o♈nly one game in all competitions so far is pretty impressi🔥ve from Slot, especial🍰ly give🅷n that he was replacing Jurgen Klopp.
Yes, Klopp left Slot with a strong Liverpool squad, 🔜butꦕ the pressure was still there and he has taken it in his stride.
But when domestic football returns at the weekend, that’s when the real big test will begin for those o൩n Merseyside.
It 𝔉starts with Liverpool hosting Chelsea, before a tricky away trip to Germany to take on RB Leipzig in the Champions League, before facing Arsenal at the Emirates.
Then it’s Brighton, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen and Aston V✨illa. In truthꦏ, if Slot goes unbeaten during this period, then the fans will really start to believe that something special can happen.