Andy Robertson, who left Liverpool during the summer, was among a number of Scotland players to struggle in a home defeat against Slovenia in the UEFA Nations League
Scotland captain Andy Robertson.
Scotland captain Andy Robertson.(Image: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Former Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson has slammed Scotland's performance against Slovenia after it lost 2-1 at home in the UEFA Nations League.
Bournemouth attacking midfielder Ryan Christie opened the scoring for Scotland in the first half, but a second-half turnaround was nothing less than Slovenia deserved, with Aljosa Matko and Danijel Sturm netting.
"Not good enough," Robertson told BBC Sport Scotland. "The whole team on the pitch — not good enough at all. I don't think it was a good performance at all. Maybe in certain parts we played OK, but yeah. We didn't do the good things we did on Saturday.
"The things we felt good about coming off the pitch on Saturday, we didn't do. I'm not sure what that is down to, so yeah, it was difficult.
"They obviously caused us a lot of problems on the ball. They kept it really well and kept it where we weren't, and we have to find the reasons that we weren't there."
Billy Gilmour was among those to struggle, while another former Liverpool man, Ben Gannon-Doak, joined Robertson in the starting XI.
Andrew Robertson of Liverpool after the Premier League match between Liverpool and Brentford
Andy Robertson spent nine years at Liverpool(Image: (Photo by Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images))
"It's been a long camp," Robertson, who won his 100th cap for Scotland earlier this week, continued.
"I don't know if it was down to tiredness — physical tiredness, mental tiredness — but I've just said to the lads there, as far as I'm concerned, Slovenia had the exact same amount of games.
"They've played the same schedule as us and certainly looked a lot fresher. They looked a lot fresher and a lot more hungry.
"You know, as Scotland, we sometimes might lack quality on the ball and we sometimes make mistakes, but I don't think the people accept being outfought, and I think that is what happened tonight."
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Robertson recently returned to Liverpool with Tottenham in the Carabao Cup. He came off the bench to a warm reception that night, though things have not gone that smoothly for Spurs under Roberto De Zerbi so far.
Tottenham has already lost to Brentford, Newcastle and Aston Villa in the Premier League, drawing with Nottingham Forest and Everton. It faces Manchester United at the weekend.
Liverpool.com says: Robertson choosing Tottenham was an interesting call that has so far not paid off. There is still time for that to change, but things are yet to dramatically improve after a colossal summer spend.