Matches Thrown When Defending Liverpool Vs Benfica, Robertson: They Will Quit Smoking Now

JAKARTA - Liverpool wing-back Andrew Robertson received unpleasant treatment when his team faced Benfica in the first leg of the 2021/2022 Champions League quarter-finals, Wednesday 6 April morning WIB. At that time he was pelted with matches by Benfica fans.

Instead of being angry with the actions of opposing supporters, Robertson even responded casually. He said Benfica fans would stop smoking because the match was thrown on the pitch.

"I got some lighters thrown at me. Maybe it'll stop them smoking - so take the positives!" Robertson told BT Sport.

Despite responding positively to the incident, Robertson still gave a message to opposing supporters not to do the same thing again. Because according to Robertson, the throw could have hurt other people.

"But you have to try not to throw things on the pitch because it can hurt people, luckily nothing hit me."

Robertson was one of the players who made an impressive appearance in the match that Liverpool won 3-1. Appearing at the Estadio da Luz Stadium, Jurgen Klopp's men were already 2-0 up in the first half through Ibrahima Konate and Sadio Mane.

The hosts had time to reduce the deficit early in the second half through Darwin Nunez, but Liverpool then closed this match with a 3-1 victory through Luis Diaz's goal at the end of time.

Although the Reds won with a landslide score, but Robertson said against Benfica was not an easy thing. According to him, Luis Diaz's goal at the end of the match was very important.

"It was a tough game after half-time and could have been ahead more, then we wanted to keep it but they got a goal that lifted the crowd and we were a bit sloppy. The third goal was very important," said Robertson.