Roy Keane has got Andy Robertson all wrong with his furious reaction to Scotland comments

Liverpool has 10 senior players at the European Championship this summer. The first of them to get his campaign underway did so in the worst possible fashion.

Scotland was captained by the Reds’ left-back Andy Robertson in its 5-1 defeat to hosts Germany. The Liverpool defender had the unenviable position of having to front up to the media after the match.

"First half, we just got it all wrong really, didn't show up, weren't aggressive enough, and we let good players get on the ball," Robertson said. "Second half, we're down to 10 men and I thought lads dug in really well." That feels like a fair assessment of the performance, but it didn’t wash with ITV pundit Roy Keane.

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"Andy Robertson spoke at the end of the game and said they had a 'game plan'," he said. "It's all well and good having a plan, he said then 'We weren't aggressive enough'. You have to be aggressive in a game of football,” Keane continued. “Being up against opposition who are much stronger than you, being aggressive is part of a footballer.”

The former Manchester United midfielder continued in much the same vein, suggesting you have to “hit people” at that level of football. “Hit them properly, hit them aggressively and do it in the right way,” he said, later concluding: “Being aggressive is part of the game but they didn't lay a glove on them."

To some extent, Keane had a point. Germany had 72.8 per cent of the possession yet led the foul count by 15 to nine. While Scotland made more tackles than their opponent, the margin was only five, nowhere near enough when seeing so little of the ball.

Keane was too harsh on the Liverpool defender though. “It's no good talking after the game saying 'We had a game plan'... it's rubbish! Andy Robertson, it's all just rubbish coming out,” he opined during his rant.

What did he expect him to say though? Anyone speaking on behalf of a well-beaten side has to be honest and realistic without writing off the team entirely. Robertson exploding in anger and saying what he probably really thought would do nobody any favors. Confidence can be fragile, and the Scots still have a chance of reaching the knockout phase of Euro 2024.

What makes Keane’s comments stranger still is that Robertson admitted Scotland “weren’t aggressive enough,” yet the pundit dismissed what the 30-year-old said before saying his side needed to be more aggressive. It’s safe to say Robertson realized this, Roy.

It was classic ‘proper football man’ nonsense from Keane which offered nothing of any real merit to the analysis. The media lap up his pointless diatribes, safe in the knowledge that they will go viral on social media and whip up its primary currency, anger (and to a lesser extent, banter. Ugh).

As the spokesperson for the Scottish national team, Robertson inevitably had to take the heat. Perhaps Keane would like to know that nobody on his side attempted or completed more tackles, though. No player in dark blue made more ball recoveries, while only Scott McTominay made more defensive actions in total.

Not that he’ll care in the slightest, but Keane was aiming in the wrong direction when he criticized Robertson. There are few players who are more aggressive when the situation dictates it is necessary.