Andoni Iraola hails 'valuable' Liverpool star as six players singled out - 'So, so good'

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“We’re reinforcing him in the work without the ball, in the press, and he is absolutely doing very well.“I think the timings of the jumps are very good. For me, that is very valuable.”Nyoni was not the only starlet to impress Iraola against Wrexham, with the Liverpool head coach also name-dropping five other youngsters when speaking to club media after the final whistle.“I’m happy today because we played a lot of the young players,” he said.

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageMeanwhile, despite the narrow nature of the 1-0 win, Iraola revealed he was more pleased with the performance over Wrexham than he had been by his side’s 4-2 victory over Sunderland.However, despite considering it a positive step forward, he conceded his new side are not yet where he wants them to be.“I think overall we were more solid than the other day,” he said. “It was a different kind of game, the pitch is quite narrow and there are not a lot of spaces.“But I think we had good spells.

And even if the other day maybe you score more goals and it looks nicer, I think today we were more a team and more collective.“I think we’re still not there. We start to add new bodies, because now we are playing with a lot of the young players.“Slowly, slowly we have to add the senior players that are starting to train with us, so we can arrive to the beginning of the season in a good place.”