SCOTLAND left-back Andy Robertson believes that Liverpool possess the firepower to outgun Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final.
The two sides face off in European football’s showpiece fixture in Kiev this weekend, with the former Queen’s Park, Dundee United and Hull City man set to start in defence for Jurgen Klopp’s side.
Liverpool scored 84 goals as they finished fourth in the Premier League this season and put seven past Roma and five past Manchester City and Porto over two legs on their way to the final.
The 24-year-old from Glasgow believes that the attacking potential in his side, which includes Premier League top scorer Mohamed Salah, could be enough to stop the Spanish giants from securing a third consecutive European crown.
“We're confident that we'll score in every game we play,” he told BBC Scotland.
"Hopefully that's the case and if we have to outscore them then hopefully we do that.
"They're all superstars, the whole XI so I don't think you can focus on one player, but we'll have a game plan to try and stop their strengths.
"Every team, including us and including Real, have weaknesses and we need to try and exploit them and if we can do that, if we can keep a clean sheet then it's half the battle."
He added: “Hopefully, we can be a small part of this big history on Saturday.
"We've put in really good team performances to get to this final and we deserve to be there and hopefully we can just go that one step further now."
Robertson joined the Anfield side from Hull last summer and has become a regular in Klopp’s side after initially struggling for game time at the start of the season.
"The fans took to me quite quickly, which was always nice," Robertson said.
"I just felt as if I needed to play games to show them that I can play at this level.
"Now I really feel as if I belong here and I've kind of made it my home as such.
"(Klopp) has been fantastic this season to work under. I hope that I'm here for a long time and so is he."
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