A modest Antonee Robinson suggested he was ‘playing a little bit better’ after he was voted the fans’ man of the match following Fulham’s win over Tottenham Hotspur last night.
The American international rated the Whites’ dismantling of Spurs under the lights at Craven Cottage as Marco Silva’s side’s best display of the season to date, telling the club’s official website:
“That’s probably the best, for me. Obviously the 5-0s [against Nottingham Forest and West Ham United in December] stick out, but to play that well against a top team and keep a clean sheet, win 3-0, everything about it, the way we performed – I think that’s up there for me.”
Robinson’s terrific cross for Rodrigo Muniz’s opening goal took him to six assists in the Premier League this season – the highest by a defender from open play and the most by an American in the English top flight since Clint Dempsey twelve years ago.
“It’s pretty good, it’s definitely better than the one I had last season, and the zero I had my first Prem season! Obviously people are getting in the right spot and scoring for me, which I’m happy about. I just think I’ve been playing a little bit better, so I’ll take that. They play a high line so I saw that I probably wasn’t going to be able to run my man, so I saw the space and thought I’d put it behind, and then hopefully Rodri or Alex would be there. And Rodri – credit to him – unbelievable touch and finish.”
The flying full back is hoping to bring a medal back from his international excursions as he jets off to the United States to form part of Gregg Berhalter’s CONCACAF Nations’ League squad as the tournament reaches the final four.
“We’ve obviously got semis and a final – hopefully – coming up, so I’m looking forward to it. Hopefully I can take this confidence into the internationals, contribute and come home with a medal.”
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I thought Robinson had a brilliant game and surely has improved his tackling and final delivery, the attacking side of his game is a joy to watch but defensive positioning or communicating is his weakness as a lot of times he his between two attacking opposition players and chooses the wrong one maybe he needs to make his team mates aware of his situation. I sadly believe the so-called bigger clubs will come calling and the only way to stop that is for Fulham to be more consistent and challenge for Europe so players could stay and play in bigger competitions with FFC. COYW.
At the moment with his pace and his improved all round ability . His the best left back in the Premiership . Left footers are very hard to come by, so if the big boys come calling most not let him go for less than 70m. The 35m being put about is peanuts. Chelsea have paid a lot more for players not worthy of tiring his boots