Andoni Iraola explains why Dominik Szoboszlai was taken off against Brentford, ‘not another injury’

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Szoboszlai was replaced by Trey Nyoni, who had been expected to make his first Premier League start, and after seeing him go off, supporters were justified in asking exactly why Szoboszlai had started at all if he was not ready.According to Andoni Iraola, however, the 25-year-old has not in fact suffered another injury, but was simply only able to play half an hour with his existing problem.Liverpool come from behind to beat 9-man Brentford! What were your main takeaways from the game? 🤔 We were clinging on a bit at the end… Szoboszlai does not have a new injury The sight of Szoboszlai going off under no pressure at all was an incredibly frustrating one.

Iraola appears to see things differently, though, telling Sky Sports after the match that Liverpool simply weren’t sure how long Szoboszlai would manage for, with 30 minutes seemingly not seen as being a problem. “He has tried, he has trained the last days, but we didn’t know the minutes he’d have,” said the Spaniard.

“It’s not another injury, he’s still not healed.” Speaking in his post-match press conference, Iraola was more down beat, admitting that Szoboszlai had ‘probably not healed enough’ and will now be out for ‘some time.’ Iraola updates on Jeremie Frimpong Szoboszlai was not the only Liverpool player to be taken off with an injury on Saturday, with Jeremie Frimpong also substituted off. “He finished cramping the other day in the Champions League so we knew he wouldn’t start the game,” he said.