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Robertson admits to regret over Messi clash in Miracle of Anfield: Maybe I went over the line

Liverpool ace Andy Robertson admits that he regrets a clash with Lionel Messi in the first minute of last season’s Champions League semi-final second leg at Anfield.

Trailing 3-0 from the first match at Camp Nou, the Reds went into the return fixture with a bullish attitude that they could turn the tie around.

They did so, emerging 4-0 victors in one of European football’s all-time great nights, with Robertson’s early meeting with the six-time Ballon d’Or winner one of the iconic moments of the game.

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He and Fabinho had challenged the Argentine near the edge of the Reds’ box, and with play moving on after the referee deemed the challenge fair, Robertson half ruffled the hair of the Barca ace and half shoved him.