MARCO Silva was blown away by Antonee Robinson’s performance in Fulham’s thrilling 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Anfield.
Despite being directly faced with the threat of Mohamed Salah, Robinson still managed to provide both assists as the Cottagers became just the fourth team this season to take points off Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders.
United States international Robinson set up Andreas Pereira’s eleventh-minute opener before Reds left-back Andy Robertson was sent off six minutes later for denying Harry Wilson a goal-scoring opportunity.
Cody Gakpo’s header from Mohamed Salah’s cross levelled for Liverpool on 47 minutes.
Robinson cut the ball back for Rodrigo Muniz to restore Fulham’s lead fourteen minutes from time but Liverpool levelled again through Diogo Jota with three minutes left.
“What a performance,” Silva said. “It’s really difficult to find one moment where he wasn’t at a really high level.
“Not easy to come here playing against a player like Salah, the way normally they like to expose the left-back.
“We took that risk, to go one-v-one, many times. He was so brave, he was so assertive, he was so aggressive in the right way and he did it so, so well.”
Silva first worked with ‘Jedi’ when he was manager at Everton an the defender came through their academy.
Silva added: “He’s improving so, so quick in some things. I know him very well from Everton, but the way he’s improving in some set-ups, defensive set-ups, being much more brave in the way he faces one-v-one situations, the way he goes inside the spaces as well.
“And of course, again, two assists form a full-back at Anfield shows the quality that he has. I remember some seasons ago, even last season, many people were talking about his decision-making, but already he’s the player from our team with more assists for sure.
“Being clear, what a performance from him. What a performance. Brilliant, unbelievable performance from him, and I told him at the end of the game that he has to be really proud.”
