Florian Wirtz hands Andoni Iraola timely Liverpool boost immediately after Sunderland win

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Kieran Morrison, Dominik Szoboszlai, Federico Chiesa and Lewis Koumas were all on the scoresheet as the Iraola era got off to a positive start.The new head coach already has an injury problem to deal with though after Joe Gomez was forced off after just 10 minutes with yet another injury, with the full extent of the problem yet to be discovered.With the pressure on Liverpool to deliver more new signings amid what has been a quiet summer so far, Iraola could do with a boost, and he got just that as his squad arrived back in Chicago following Saturday’s friendly.Wirtz was on hand to greet his teammates back at their hotel, with the moment he was reunited with them captured by Liverpool and shared on social media.The German international has not been present during the opening stages of pre-season after his involvement at the World Cup, but will now join in training in the US and will be expected to play a part during the remaining friendlies of the tour.Content cannot be displayed without consentIraola has also confirmed that two more players will be joining the squad ahead of the next game against Wrexham, with Leeds awaiting next weekend before his side returns to Merseyside.“They are already there in Chicago,” Iraola told LFCTV after the win over Sunderland. Alex [Isak], Flo [Wirtz] and Ryan [Gravenberch].“They will start training from tomorrow with us and we still have two more games [in the USA].

I hope we use them properly and we go [forward] improving slowly, slowly the things that today didn't work.”While Wirtz, Isak and Gravenberch return to training in the US, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Alisson Becker are expected to report back to the AXA Training Centre back in the UK soon, with the trio set to play a part in the friendlies against Monaco and Como back at Anfield.Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 home kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Especially, they were a lot stronger in the first half.“We kind of balanced both teams, and you could feel the difference.

We were happy because we were kind of going through all the training without losing any player. Unluckily for us, straight away we've lost Joe.”