Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has urged his teammates to improve after their poor form continued with a fourth consecutive league defeat on Saturday.
The Premier League champions defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, but fell to yet another defeat in the Premier League on Saturday.
Scottish international Robertson who replaced Milos Kerkez in the second half, has called for improvement in the squad, as they look to get their title defense back on track.
“We’ve got to work harder, it’s as simple as that. In training and games; recovering better. All of us have to.
“When you’re at this football club, people demand results. The fans travel up and down. They spend a lot of money to come and support us”, Robertson said.
“In a difficult moment, the only way to get out of it is work even harder, run that bit more and look after yourself that bit better.
Dango Ouattara opened scoring inside the first five minutes, before Brentford doubled their tally on the stroke of halftime through a brilliant strike from Kevin Schade.
Milos Kerkez pulled one back for Liverpool in first half stoppage time as the game finished 2-1 in favor of the home side in the first half.
Brentford were awarded a penalty by VAR in the second half after a foul by Virgil Van Dijk and Igor Thiago confidently dispatched the resulting spot-kick to increase their lead.
Mohamed Salah pulled scored another goal for Liverpool to set up a frantic finish, but the game ended with no further goals.
“That’s what we’ve got to do – because the results have been nowhere near good enough over the last five, six games, and we’re the only ones who can get us out of it”, he added.
“There’s no time to regroup, we’ve got games, games, games. Sometimes it can be a good thing that you have got such a quick turnaround and we can go again.
“But we need to start playing better and we need to start showing a lot more consistency in our game.”
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