Arne Slot places no blame on Andy Robertson after Liverpool secure dramatic draw with 10 men

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot apportioned no blame to Andy Robertson for his early red card against Fulham in which his side twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw in a pulsating Anfield encounter.

In fact, the Dutchman said the Scotland left-back epitomised the team's fighting spirit having played on after a knee-high challenge from Issa Diop in the opening seconds which he felt compromised his ability.

He was caught out for Andreas Pereira’s 11th-minute goal and his dismissal for bringing down Harry Wilson when through on goal left Liverpool, then already trailing 1-0, at a numerical disadvantage for more than 82 minutes (including the additional time).

But Slot and the team’s positive approach salvaged an important point and extended their unbeaten run to 19 matches.

Cody Gakpo equalised two minutes into the second half and Diogo Jota made it 2-2 with four minutes of normal time remaining after Rodrigo Muniz had put Fulham ahead for the second time.

"The character the team showed, that is what Robbo showed," said Slot.

"If you get a kick like this, two studs on a knee, that can hurt for a few minutes. If you keep running and it gets better and better, that is what we were hoping for.

"I only had one defender on the bench, who is not a left full-back, so you are hoping he was managing to come through it and did quite well.

"But the moment I noticed he wasn’t completely himself was the one time they put the ball in behind and he started running and was just able to head back to Ali (Alisson Becker).

"I felt 'Hmm, OK, let’s see how this continues’ and I think it was quite soon afterwards he conceded the red card.

"Nothing to blame him, the character showed in wanting to continue because he got quite a hard knock with two