Liverpool’s lopsided squad has left Andoni Iraola with one option

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Yet when injuries have struck Liverpool’s shallow group, stretching the squad even thinner, Iraola has appeared more willing to turn to other options. Iraola’s approach appears to acknowledge he has little other choice.

He has been involved, I think, in most of the last games, but he has to keep this level of performance, of training. If he has to play as a No 6, as an No 8, he has to play one minute, he doesn't have to play, he has to start and play all the game like [against LASK].

He has to be there, putting pressure also on the other midfielders.“And I think it's very good for us that we can put [in] these young players with not a lot of experience and they can perform in a competition like the Champions League or in the Premier League.”It’s necessary, too. Iraola has shown he is willing to offer that opportunity.