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The Anfield Wrap

Jordan Henderson: Exclusive Interview | TAW Special

19 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What are Jordan Henderson's early memories of Andy Robertson?

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77.386 - 95.378 John Gibbons

It is John Givens. We're at Brentford. Really pleased to be invited down to the training ground. Huge thanks to all the staff here who've been really helpful and huge thanks to our first of a series of interviews on who I think Liverpool's greatest ever left-back. We'll see if he agrees. Jordan Henderson. Jordan, thanks so much for your time today. No problem.

95.358 - 98.788 John Gibbons

If we could just start with some of your early memories of Andy.

99.51 - 115.791 Jordan Henderson

At the beginning, I think it was probably the most difficult part of when he came to Liverpool. Throughout his time there, I think the beginning was probably the hardest. But... That's probably the most important bit because he's then gone to go on and do what he's done.

116.111 - 145.058 Jordan Henderson

Probably he needed that bit at the beginning and I can remember he was not, not only was he not playing, but probably some games he was in the stand. which is not easy as a player. It's very difficult to take, especially when you come to a new club, you might not feel part of the team. So that can be hard, especially when you're new. But with Robbo, I always felt like

146.185 - 172.21 Jordan Henderson

It would be hard for him, I could see in his face when he was training and stuff, I could see it was difficult like it would be for any player, but then I could also see the stuff that he'd be doing after training when he was out on the grass on his own and he was doing sort of 1v1 defending with the coaches or he was working on his crossing and his timing on his own.

Chapter 2: How did Andy Robertson adjust to life at Liverpool?

493.57 - 499.399 Jordan Henderson

I think people don't see as much of that, but he has got that side to him as well, which obviously is really important.

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500.594 - 517.66 John Gibbons

One of our first memories of Robbo was actually a game he didn't play. I watched it back last night. It was the 4-3 against Manchester City and he's charging about the pitch on a one-man sort of pressing machine. As fans, we loved that, but I wondered, as his captain, are you a bit like, what on earth is he doing?

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517.68 - 546.177 Jordan Henderson

Or are you cheering him on? With Jürgen, that's what we're all about. We loved that. He was... he was everywhere causing chaos and that's like a perfect example of I think he pressed from left back, left wing, keeper, there left back wasn't it, he sort of went on, I can remember it but that was the way we played with that team really, it was all full energy, just go, go, go, go and

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546.157 - 556.198 Jordan Henderson

Yeah, it was like Jürgen said, like heavy metal football, really. And for people like Rob War, for myself, for other lads, it was perfect in that sense.

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557.3 - 558.242 John Gibbons

How was he as a captain?

560.129 - 587.706 Jordan Henderson

Was he someone you had to...? We had a really good friendship, we still do. I still speak to Robbo quite a bit. When you're close to someone, you have a great relationship, someone who helped me a lot as well. As a captain of Liverpool, I always really looked at the senior players and other players around as that really helped me as well. Robbo was a huge, huge impact on that.

587.686 - 612.963 Jordan Henderson

in a very different way, but I was very close to him. He would help us with a lot of stuff and I'm sure as time's gone on, that side of him has probably got more and more and he's probably one of the leaders along with Virg and Ali and Mo and people like that now. He is very much one of the leaders within the group and he was like that even when I was captain at the club.

613.384 - 635.142 Jordan Henderson

He was a brilliant teammate and helped me a lot as well in moments where I might have needed picking up or whatever or if I was feeling a bit down or whatever, Robbo was always one that could sense it and could give me good energy to feel better and make sure that I was in a good place mentally.

636.995 - 647.124 John Gibbons

How that team played was, well, I mean, so exciting to watch, but the full-backs both bombing on really, really, really attacking, and as midfielders, I guess you had to adjust further.

Chapter 3: What challenges did Andy Robertson face as a new player?

701.906 - 724.928 Jordan Henderson

He's as honest as his days long, really. He'd keep working and he'd be fighting and he'd defend and he's up, he's back, he's down. So he was an all-in sort of player and demanded that from everybody else as well. So, yeah, I totally agree with what you're seeing in terms of he's got to be up there with one of the greatest full-backs ever for Liverpool, for sure.

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725.91 - 741.859 John Gibbons

When... You know, in those games where we're attacking, he's flying forward, but you fancied as well in the games where he did have to defend, he really relished that, the one-on-one battles, and he came up against some fantastic wingers, but, you know, he always seemed to relish those. Did you sense that as well?

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742.46 - 762.884 Jordan Henderson

Yeah, I always felt as though Robbo would sort of rise to the occasion in big games and things like that against top players, really good wingers. It's not easy in the Premier League with the amount of good wingers there is, you know, how fast they are, how skillful they are, so... He came up with some big challenges, but I always felt with Robbo, he loved the challenge.

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763.124 - 783.186 Jordan Henderson

He loved the big challenge. He loved playing against top players and challenging himself. And that's when I go back to that sort of beginning when it wasn't quite smooth for him and he had to work on things. I can remember Jurgen and staff working a lot on maybe like the 1v1 stuff defensively. I think that was one of the areas where

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783.166 - 798.188 Jordan Henderson

Jurgen needed probably from the beginning to work on to get the trust because going forward Robbo was like you see he was flying up he was crossing it was I think he'll probably tell you better than me but if I can remember rightly it was that 1v1 defending

798.168 - 817.847 Jordan Henderson

that he needed to work on and in that period he probably got to do that more when he wasn't playing, which then when he came in would have helped him massively. And then when you gain confidence and you get games under your belt and continue, like you see when he's come up against some really, really top-class wingers and done really well against them.

819.582 - 836.798 John Gibbons

I want to jump a little bit on to the Champions League final. What's interesting is he gets injured in the Barcelona game and he has to go off at half-time. I'm just wondering if there was any chance that he would have missed that final or do you think he would have strapped his leg together to play? Because it must have been a nervy one for him.

837.25 - 856.651 Jordan Henderson

Yeah, I don't think he was injured in that game. I think he was just scared of coming out the second half because of Messi. After he'd given a bit, he didn't. He was thinking, are you going back out there and marking it? After that, I think. I can't even remember what he did in that game, actually, but he did pick up something in the first half, you're right.

857.472 - 882.256 Jordan Henderson

And I think that's when Gini come on, wasn't it? And obviously, that's a different story, but... It wasn't a serious injury, I think, Robbo. I mean, again, I can't really remember what it was. But, yeah, if it was, no matter what it was, I think to play in the Champions League final, he would have done absolutely everything to just have been involved in that.

Chapter 4: How did Jordan Henderson support Andy Robertson during tough times?

1707.801 - 1733.603 Jordan Henderson

We had a lot of good moments together. Obviously, when you're winning trophies, big trophies that you've always dreamt of and the other lads have dreamt of since you were kids. When you're doing that, when I look back now, of course it was my dream when I was a kid to maybe win the Premier League or the Champions League.

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1733.583 - 1756.974 Jordan Henderson

But to win it with people like Robbo made it even better than what I thought it would be like when I was a kid, if that makes sense, do you know what I mean? It was like, not only were we winning, we were winning with this special group where everybody was just, it was the everything, do you know what I mean?

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1756.994 - 1781.197 Jordan Henderson

And there'd been through so, there were so many stories that we'd been through so much as individuals, as a team, to get to this point, to then start winning trophies, I just felt like, It's hard to explain, but of course it was amazing. It's easy to say it was amazing when we're winning Premier League and we're winning Champions League or whatever it may be.

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1781.719 - 1785.308 Jordan Henderson

But for me, looking back, it was who that was with.

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1785.288 - 1812.409 Jordan Henderson

was the most special thing and Robbo for me was one of them people that really shared special moments when we were winning but also we've had great moments with my family away from football whether it's in Portugal or wherever with the kids and just totally different environment and you sort of can switch off a little bit and you can have a bit of a laugh and speak about different things

1813.891 - 1829.976 Jordan Henderson

I quite like their moments as well. Robbo's somebody who I've had a lot of good moments with in football and out of football. Hopefully we can have many more in the future as well.

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