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A summer barbecue may be one of life’s simple luxuries but for Liverpool’s cult hero left-back Andrew Robertson, his first post-season meal 12 months ago was an occasion to forget.

Last season’s heartbreaking Champions League final loss to Real Madrid led Robertson, at a loose end and looking for distractions, to his local DIY store with his father Brian, where he bought a new BBQ and hosted a party for 27 family and friends which bordered on the funereal.