Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson offers his verdict on Everton boss Marco Silva

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Liverpool drew 0-0 away at Everton on Sunday afternoon.

Liverpool left back Andrew Robertson has told The Guardian that he thinks Everton boss Marco Silva is a ‘fantastic manager’ having worked together at Hull City.

Sunday saw Liverpool travel to take on Everton in the latest Merseyside derby, with the teams having somewhat different goals at the moment.

Whilst Liverpool are targeting the Premier League title, Everton are simply looking for some sort of consistency under Silva after a disappointing run of form.

Everton surprised many with a solid, battling display though, restricting Liverpool to mostly half-chances outside of Mohamed Salah squandering a couple of fine opportunities.

The Toffees will be delighted with a point, and may well feel that they finished the strong of the two sides, and could have nicked it late on with a little more of a cutting edge.

The game also saw left back Robertson feature against his former Hull boss Silva, having worked together for six months at the KCOM Stadium in 2017.

Silva may have many detractors, but Robertson has told The Guardian that the Portuguese boss was ‘big’ for him, praising him as a ‘fantastic’ manager.

Robertson added that Silva is always doing research on his opponents and improved players individually at Hull, adding that whilst he is now a rival he will always think highly of Silva.

“He was big for me,” said Robertson. “When he came in he improved us all at Hull, you could see that by the results we got. We fell short in the end but he was the one who gave us a chance, a fantastic manager who did a lot of good things. It was the first time I had worked for a foreign manager, so that stood me in good stead too.”

“It probably helped me settle in a bit when I came to Liverpool. Marco does his research on every opponent, in fact he is probably telling Everton all about me right now. At Hull he worked individually with all the players and brought me on a lot defensively. He is someone I will always think kindly of even if he is now with the local rivals,” he added.