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Liverpool defender Robertson: My captaincy improving; Scotland so close to Euros now

Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson feels he's improving as captain of Scotland.

Robertson was delighted after their Euro 2024 qualifying win against Georgia last night. The victory was achieved despite a 90 minute interruption due to a waterlogged Hampden pitch.

"It puts us within touching distance, we can't deny that," Robertson, 29, told BBC Scotland.

"Twelve points from four games, we couldn't have asked for a better start. We're halfway through the campaign, we're top of the group, the two people we are challenging with, we're eight points clear of them with four games to go.

"We have to kick on now and believe we can qualify. We're in pole position. We're within touching distance.

"We'll come back in September and we need to go away from home and get a good result. If we do that then I believe we're nearly there."

On his captaincy, Robertson added: "It comes down to age, it comes down to experience, it comes down to learning on the job.

"I got the captaincy relatively young. Did I make mistakes? Yeah, I maybe took too much on my shoulders when I first got it and tried to sort everything. You then sort of realise you can't sort everything, you can only control what you've got.

"But I think we're so much better off the field now. Credit to the staff in there, they've made it so much better and we've just built from strength to strength."

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