Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle: Andrew Robertson on cup final defeat
Andy Robertson says Liverpool "didn't use the ball well enough" in Sunday's Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle.
The Reds dominated possession with 66% but only managed seven shots to the Magpies' 17 and rarely threatened before Federico Chiesa's late goal.
"I don't think we got into our rhythm," Robertson told Total Sport Merseyside's Mike Hughes. "I don't think we played our game, which is hugely frustrating when you play a final.
"Credit to Newcastle. Their game plan worked and they were perfect and were far from perfect.
"We had to get the ball down and play and we didn't do that. We need to analyse it when we come back, it's still too fresh and too raw to really know what went wrong."
Although Arne Slot's side had suffered Champions League disappointment earlier in the week, Robertson rejected suggestions there was a hangover at Wembley.
"I don't think so," he added. "We had enough time to recover from that.
"You have to get yourself up for cup finals. I just think we maybe played into their hands a little bit. We maybe played too many long balls and it turned into a second-ball fight which Newcastle are so good at.
"But I don't think we played to the levels that we've been used to this season."
