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Andoni Iraola urged to start Liverpool youngster in the Champions League on Wednesday in ‘obvious’ change
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Not knee jerk just a feeling I had before the season. As I say, it’s far too early but it’s a prediction
Really sick of these knee jerk reactions - he's a good manager at a new club.
Don’t think Liverpool did enough with being the better team up until the red. Thought the likes of Barcola and Wirtz just didn’t impact the game which is especially concerning given how much better Liverpool were at points.
Phil Thompson wants Trey Nyoni to start vs LASK
Although he will miss Saturday’s difficult-looking trip to Brentford after his red card against City, Ryan Gravenberch is available, and surely has to play, in midweek.
Nyoni will likely come in for Gravenberch at Brentford, but according to Thompson, he should also play against LASK, with Alexis Mac Allister needing to be protected.
“He [Nyoni] had a very good pre-season, impressed, passed the ball forward, got it crisp with his passing going forward, so he would be an option because Mac Allister has played so well this year, but it’s maybe time that he might need a rest to keep him ticking over,” the Scouser said on The Official Liverpool FC Podcast after Sunday’s game.
“I wouldn’t make too many changes. Trey is an obvious one to give him a start, because he’s looking as though he’s ready for that now at the moment.”
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Nyoni has been impressive in his limited game time so far this season, and with Mac Allister now badly needing to stay fit to cover for Gravenberch’s suspension and Szoboszlai’s injury, he is the one who is going to have to step up.
Though he is still only 19, Liverpool trusted the youngster to effectively replace Curtis Jones this season, and the time is now coming to show that he can do that.
Iraola had better hope that Nyoni is ready, because if he is not, Liverpool do not have a whole lot else in reserve for what will be an incredibly testing run.
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