Andoni Iraola singles out six players including 'valuable' Liverpool star after Wrexham win

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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 wasn't the sole youngster to catch Iraola's eye against Wrexham, with the Liverpool boss also highlighting five additional prospects when addressing club media following the match."I'm happy today because we played a lot of the young players," he said.

Both of them have done a good job."Good performances from young players, which I think is always good."Furthermore, despite the slender 1-0 triumph, Iraola disclosed he was more satisfied with the display against Wrexham than his team's 4-2 success over Sunderland.Nevertheless, while viewing it as progress, he acknowledged his new squad hasn't yet reached the standards he expects.Luke Chambers of Liverpool passes the ball during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Liverpool FC and Wrexham AFC at Yankee Stadium(Image: 2026 Liverpool FC)"I think overall we were more solid than the other day," he said. 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 are sometimes arriving late, but I think it's a step forward, since especially the first half against Sunderland. 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."