Robertson insists Liverpool are enjoying

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Liverpool left back Andrew Robertson said he and his team-mates are enjoying their hectic schedule as they earned a 2-0 first leg lead in their Champions League semi-final against Villarreal.An own goal and a Sadio Mane strike, Jussi Jokinen Jersey both early in the second half, was enough for Jurgen Klopps men to secure a decent cushion ahead of next Tuesdays second leg in Spain.Villarreal frustrated Liverpool at Anfield in the first half, but were unable to stop them from winning their ninth Champions League match of theseason, the most games the Reds have ever won in a single campaign in European competition (excluding qualifiers).Speaking to BT Sport after the win, captain Jordan Henderson praised the visitors, and said staying positive was key for Liverpool.Yeah, very organised team, Henderson said about Unai Emerys side.We knew theyd make it difficult, but it was important that we just kept going, stay positive and we had the confidence that if we did that, kept moving the J T Miller Kids Jersey ball quickly, wed eventually break them down, and we did that with two good goals.It was Hendersons cro s that deflected in off PervisEstupinan to finally break the deadlock, and when told it had deflected, the England internationaljokingly replied: Did it? I thought it went straight in!Yeah a little bit lucky, but it was good play, good build upBut, you need a little bit of luck against teams with a low block. We got that with the first and thankfully we got another one. Liverpool had 19 shots to Villarreal J T Miller Women Jersey s one on a dominant night for the Reds.The Yellow Submarines oneshot, which mi sedthe target, is the joint-fewest by any side in a Champions League semi-final according to Opta since this data has beenavailable (2003-04), along with Inter v Barcelona in 2009-10.Robertson was also asked by BT Sport about the game, and he was keen to point out that the players are enjoying themselves, with an unprecedented quadruple of the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup still po sible.We had quite a few chances in the first half, just trying to break them down and keep doing what we were doing, the Scotland captain said.The first goal always kind of does that gives you a boost , we then had a bit of momentum. The noise in here Bo Horvat Men Jersey was incredible after the first goal and that kind of took us to the second one.Wed have liked to add maybe one more, it wasnt meant to bebut a clean sheet and two goals? We cant argue with that.You have to work hard , its the semi-final of the Champions League. If you cant run about for 90 minutes in this kind of game then when will you?Our intensitys been really high the last couple of games, weve had a real hectic schedule and were enjoying it. I think you seen that today.Theres still Kirk Mclean Kids Jersey a lot of work to do in this tie, but were happy with our work tonight.Also asked about not getting frustrated by a stubborn Villarreal defence, Robertson added: That was the me sage from Hendo at half-time, just saying we were playing well first half, probably some of the best weve played and we didnt get a goal for it, but we kept going, kept trying to be patient and luckily with a big deflection (smilingat Henderson), we managed to get the breakthrough.