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Legend Dalglish has high praise for his fellow Scottish Red
Liverpool: Robertson hailed as ‘fantastic’ for club by King Kenny
Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has revealed his pride at the progress of fellow countryman Andy Robertson at Anfield.
The former Dundee United left-back has quickly become a firm favourite of manager Jurgen Klopp after nailing down his first team position.
He is set to line up against Roma in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday night and Dalglish believes the Scotland international deserves every accolade coming his way.
Dalglish told the Scottish FA: “Andy has been fantastic ever since he came in to the team. I’m sure he was man of the match on his debut.
“Everyone in Scotland should be very, very proud of him.
“You only need to come to a game to sense the respect the punters have for him. They really enjoy watching Andy and he has his own chant already, which I know means a lot to him.
“Andy’s a quality player. He has pace, his final ball is excellent and he plays with his heart on his sleeve.
“It gives me a lot of satisfaction to see him flying the flag for Scotland.”
Dalglish was back in Scotland as part of an all-star line-up at the Scottish FA’s second elite coaching programme masterclass.
Run as part of Project Brave, the twoday event in Edinburgh focused on the art of attacking and boasted speakers including Eric Black and Henrik Larsson.
Dalglish added: “I really enjoyed pulling the Scotland training kit back on. It’s always nice to get a touch of the ball.
“I think if you can help, you help. Football’s been very good to me and my family so if I can help someone else then why wouldn’t I?
“It’s not about what people took away from my session. Everyone has one thing in common – they want to play football well. So if I can help drop something in somewhere, fine. If not, at least I tried.
“I can only share my experiences and opinions. I can talk about the goals I’ve scored and the things I’ve done.
“I look at Henrik Larsson’s presentation and there was a lot of hard work went into his career. I like to think I put in a bit of graft as well.
“If it acts as inspiration for someone to step forward as a player, fine.”