Iraola ‘wouldn’t have signed up for this result’ but relieved for Liverpool to earn point

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Andoni Iraola said he “wouldn’t have signed up for this result” after his Liverpool side left it late to secure a 2-2 draw at ­Newcastle on Sunday thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai’s contentious 99th-minute penalty.“Scoring at the end probably gives you a better taste and I’m obviously happy we’ve recovered one point, but we had done more than enough to score that goal,” said Liverpool’s head coach. It’s a good step for Alex.”Matthias Jaissle, Newcastle’s new head coach, was left with “mixed feelings” after an encouraging performance from his young team.

Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images“When you lose two points like that, it’s really hard to digest but there is also a lot of confidence and we are really proud of what we saw. You can see the lads are a unit and really committed to what we’re doing.

It’s a really good base to build on.”Jaissle, who was without his injured captain Dan Burn, had high praise for Yoane Wissa, describing his performance in the No 10 role as amazing and also suggested he might resist interest in Joe Willock, the scorer of Newcastle’s second goal, following Wissa’s excellent assists. “That’s the mentality we need.