Iraola Talks About Bradley Barcola Criticism, Isak's Form & Facing Crystal Palace

“No, we've had no explanation but this is how it works. It's the conclusion of the panel. We have to wait 10 days I think before they give what they think. No news.”

“I think it's the challenge at LFC, when we speak, everything is on a run, in a good place, a better mood. Two defeats the mood changes and it has to change.



“We have to react now to two defeats, Palace away. I remember Bournemouth, Brentford... we have to go there and do the job and win the game.”

“Bradley is a winger but I wanted to try it. I thought he could be a threat in behind with their centre-backs but mainly he is a winger with us. Sometimes I want to try it. I tried Cody Gakpo in the Carabao Cup. It's something we can use when Alexander Isak is tired.”

“Good news for him. It's good for him and us. He is growing and helping us a lot.”

“Alex is a top goalscorer. You put him in the positions, he will deliver- the closest thing of a guarantee, no? He can add more things like every player, but we want to use everything he has. We are trying to use him in the best way.”

“They changed the manager, but there is continuity; I see what they are trying to do. They fight until the end and managed to get a result with 10 players. They have quality players, technically: Kamada, Wharton... players who can play.



“They are good on the ball, but it's a pitch that isn't the biggest, so you are under pressure with throws, long balls. There is a lot of situations you have to be good defensively, offensively.”

“Ryan is a day to day thing and a matter of pain. Let's see if he can deal with the pain and help us.”

“I agree; it's true three goals come from set pieces, but especially in the CL. In the PL, we have been good defensively, but in CL we concede goals v Villarreal, LASK; there are signs we have to see, we concede three more now. Set-plays, different situations.



“A ball can never go through the wall, second goal we can defend better, third is a difficult one. We don't deal with the header, but first two were cheap. We have to control the game and arrive well, so to concede was cheap and punished us.”

“I think it's been a strange season. CL: we score and concede a lot; not the same in PL. That is the challenge we have. It's a matter of controlling the games, but also, sometimes, we control too much.



“We are in possession and having good positions, but sometimes we have to go in the box with more players. We lose control, yes, but it gives us more threat. Against Arsenal, the way we attack the box has to be better.”

“It's not easy at this moment; when we lose, everyone is angry. But we have to have some perspective. We will have ups and downs; we will get through this moment, we will have some good results. We lost two, and now there are doubts, but we have to understand it is normal.



“The ones here who work every day: we are not as bad as we look today or as good as we look one week ago; this is the perspective and the challenge for the group. We need to correct things.”

Am I being refereed fairly? We are quite an honest group. Sometimes too honest. Even the other day, the ref congratulated us a lot. I don't know if I liked it or not but he said the behaviour was good. In general, we have complaints - a penalty, a yellow card, whatever. But I feel we are a team that wants to press and be intense.”

“We are one of the teams that arrives more in the final third, shots and crosses but we are, analysing the quality of every chance, it is quite low. Especially when we start losing games, the quality around is always lower but we have to do more with the number of times we arrive in their box.



“We have to better. Sometimes you can lose some control but we have to arrive there more. For me, everything is easier when you start winning games, you're ahead, you can use the spaces and attack. We had one possession after the first goal on Wednesday, so we had no advantage to play with the goal advantage.”