The Reds took their lead at the summit of the Premier League to 11 points with a first top-flight victory at Etihad Stadium in nearly a decade.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring after 14 minutes and set up Dominik Szoboszlai later in the first half to double the visitors' lead and ultimately seal the three points.

And Robertson, speaking to Liverpoolfc.com afterwards, drew most satisfaction from shutting the defending champions out.

He said: "First of all, beating City home and away is never easy. I think since the likes of me and Mo came in seven, eight years ago, we've only won here in the Champions League, so it's obviously a really tough place to come and they always make it difficult.

"Then when you see the line-up and think they're coming out to play, they're coming out to attack – and I think that's what their line-up showed but we also knew that would leave spaces in the other end.

"I think defensively we did so well as a team – not just the back four or Ali [Alisson Becker], I think the whole team defended so well.

"The wingers put in such a shift, Curtis [Jones] and Dom at the top end of the pitch pressed so well. I think we limited a good team to a very small amount of chances or clear-cut chances anyway.

"I think that was the most pleasing thing, keeping the clean sheet, because we know with the quality that we've got in the team that we can score goals. The clean sheet was really important and we're all delighted with that."

The left-back continued: "You're 2-0 up at half-time and you know they're going to throw everything at it. City at home are never going to lie down to anyone.

"But like I said, I don't really remember them having a clear-cut chance in the second half, which from our point of view was so pleasing.

"We could have been better on the ball, of course, but we're 2-0 up and it's all about the clean sheet.

"I think the lads were putting in so much energy and such a good shift to keep that clean sheet then maybe on the ball they were a little bit tired and things like that.

"This afternoon couldn't have gone much better and now we have to move on."

Indeed, the squad's attention turned towards Wednesday night's Anfield encounter with Newcastle United a matter of minutes after the full-time whistle blew in Manchester.

Regardless of Liverpool's extremely healthy position in the table, it remains a business-as-usual approach for Robertson and his teammates.

"Certainly for our fans it'll be nice to look at but there's still work to do," the No.26 said. "I think that's where us experienced lads that have been involved in title races, where we've won and also lost them, we know how important every single game is.

"That's why the next game is already around the corner and we have to make sure that everyone will be on it. The recovery has already started, the lads were already focused on what has to happen on Wednesday.

"If our fans are getting carried away then we know we're doing something right and we have to let them get carried away – but it's important the changing room doesn't get carried away.

"That's where the experienced lads come into it and we'll make sure that the lads stay grounded until, hopefully, the champions sign is above our head.

"But we know there's a lot of football still to be played and we need to keep pushing. If we get through this busy period, there's obviously an international break and then we'll come back and try to attack it.

"But we've got another massive game on Wednesday and if we get three points there then we've come through a really tough period with a handsome amount of points."

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