Andoni Iraola on the shift from the young players:
"I was happy for them. Different positions, different demands. The best thing is that they were dead when I subbed them. Trey [Nyoni] was cramping, Rio [Ngumoha] couldn��t have run a lot more, McConnell the same."
"When this happens is because you’ve given your all. They have been very energetic, having the willingness of winning the duels, feel that they press, I was happy for them, yes."
🔴🏥 INJURED PLAYERS EXPECTED RETURN DATES:
Joe Gomez - Tuesday September 15, vs Tottenham (H) or Sunday September 20, vs Bournemouth (A)
Hugo Ekitike - December 2026
Federico Chiesa - Sunday October 11, vs Manchester City (H)
Conor Bradley - December 2026
Giovanni Leoni - Late October 2026
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🚨 Andoni Iraola: “Ronald Araujo used to playing big games and playing for titles at a big club. You can see that”.
“He doesn’t speak Engligh but he has helpers in the dressing room. The change has helped him a lot mentally. Performance wise, he's been playing very well”.
Andoni Iraola:
“The truth is we are still at the stage of our development as a team where we have to create our own shared experiences.”
“We do not have two or three years of being together that would allow us to look back to reference points and moments we have learned from together so we are doing it "live" which is why I have been so pleased with the number of times already that we have shown we can react to difficult situations.” (LFC)