Andoni Iraola tells Liverpool’s forwards to ‘exhaust themselves’

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The Basque coach has outlined the demands he will put on his forwards as they adapt to a new era at Liverpool.Iraola said: “For me, wingers, forwards, I always tell them that they don’t need to give us 90 minutes. I tell them it is good news when they are exhausted because then we have taken everything from you and someone else will come in.“We have the situation now with Jérémy [Jacquet], who hasn’t had a proper pre-season but he is close to getting there.

I think it’s the best way, and they all have to understand it like this.”Iraola said Muñoz was “ready to start games” having missed the opening weeks of pre-season as he recuperated from Spain’s victorious World Cup campaign. “I had never coached against Victor because he made his debut in La Liga when I was already here in the Premier League but I had very good references of him,” Iraola said.

The subs all played very well.”Iraola’s wife and two young children will be at Anfield on Saturday – as will the club’s new vice-chair, Amit Bhatia – to witness his first competitive home game, against Nottingham Forest.“My wife never normally comes to my games,” he said. I know it’s my first game but I will not be trying to think too much about those things.