Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has emphasized the team’s determination to maintain their strong early-season momentum as they head into a busy run of fixtures.
The Reds returned to the AXA Training Centre on Thursday, following the first international break of the 2024-25 season.
With a focus on their upcoming clash against Nottingham Forest at Anfield, the squad looks to continue their winning form.
Under the guidance of new head coach Arne Slot, Liverpool have had a flawless start to the Premier League campaign, securing nine points from their first three matches.
The team has scored seven goals and conceded none, reflecting Slot’s early impact on both ends of the pitch.
Saturday’s game against Forest marks the beginning of a hectic period for the Reds, with seven fixtures packed into the next three weeks before the October international break.
Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, Robertson stressed the importance of keeping up their momentum as the intensity of the season ramps up.
He said: “It’s nice to be home.
“Obviously we’ve all travelled the world and it’s always difficult coming back after an international break, but we’re back in front of our own fans and we just hopefully can continue the momentum that we started before the international break.
“I think the start of the season was very rare and strange that we were Saturday, Saturday, Sunday and there was a lot of time in between.
“We probably trained more than we’ve ever trained before, just because of the schedule, but now we go into something which is probably a bit more familiar for us and a bit more normal for us.
“So, we’re going to need everyone, that’s a fact, we’re going to need the whole squad.
“The manager has gone with roughly the same starting XI in the first three games and I’m sure, although I’m obviously not the one who makes the decisions, in the next seven games it will probably not be the same team every single game and we will need everyone to chip in and be ready with the level that they’re at.
“But it’s an intense period of time. It’s going to be intense from now until probably the end, that’s the way it is: you kind of have a slow start to the season and then it’s just bang, games after games after games, and we hope we can go far in all competitions so it stays like that until May.
“So, we all have to do the right things, we all have to look after our bodies properly and recover properly but also be ready on a matchday.
“That’s the challenge that we’ve got and hopefully we’re up for it.”
The Scotland skipper added: “I don’t think I’ve ever had an easy game against Forest, I think they’re always difficult. I think when you look at the games last season we had against them, they prove that.
“They’ve got exciting players up the pitch and Nuno [Espirito Santo] more often than not has a pretty solid team, obviously we played against them a lot [when he was] at Wolves.
“It’s a difficult team to play against, it’s very difficult, it’s never easy against them and we’ve got to be at our best to get anything from them.
“We know the strengths that they’ve got and we have to be wary of that, but we also have to try to impose ourselves on the game.
“We have to try to keep playing the way we are playing and keep that positive feeling going, and if we do that then hopefully we’re good enough for the three points.”
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