Andoni Iraola has just thrown in a ‘curveball’ change ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Brentford

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Keenly aware of that, Andoni Iraola has reportedly moved the squad’s travel date forward, from Saturday to Friday.How are you feeling about this match? Liverpool travel to London one day earlier Fans with inquisitive minds will have noticed that Iraola’s pre-match press conference was scheduled for Thursday this week, rather than sitting in its usual Friday slot.

According to journalist David Lynch, the reason for the ‘surprise’ change is that Liverpool will fly down to London on Friday instead of Saturday morning, as Iraola attempts to get his players a better night’s rest before what is likely to be a difficult match.“I’m very much used to these post press conference videos being on a Friday, of course, but a bit of a curveball from Liverpool, with this one clearly being on a Thursday,” Lynch said on his YouTube channel. READ MORE: Andoni Iraola has two players knocking at his door for more minutes after Liverpool’s win over LASK “They dropped that news on us yesterday [Wednesday], and a bit of a surprise really, but a preview for Brentford being today.

“I understand the reason behind that is because Liverpool plan to travel down to London tomorrow [Friday] ahead of the game. That’s an interesting one because I don’t remember them always doing that, maybe the idea is to get a good night’s rest on the Friday then you don’t have to travel down in the morning as you typically would, and that might make the players fresher and I guess the proof will be in the pudding, let’s see how they fare.” Though from the outside this looks like a fairly subtle change to Liverpool’s preparations, Iraola is right to try whatever he can to gain a small advantage for the Reds.