Liverpool latest: Andoni Iraola rues ‘cheap’ and ‘messy’ goals after late Champions League collapse against Fenerbahce
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“We have to look more at how we conceded the goals as the reason we didn’t win.” (Reuters)Mike Jones4 November 2026 20:58Liverpool 'have to do better'“We conceded from a free-kick, a corner, a long throw and that has hurt us,” Iraola continued. “We have gone in front twice, we conceded in situations we should have definitely done better (with).“It is frustrating because it is a difficult place to play and for the most part of the game we were thinking we could win this one.“The first one the wall we didn’t set properly, the last one when he jumps he wins the ball against three defenders.“I think before scoring the goals we had very good moments on the ball, very good offensive situations.
“Then we knew we'd be very good in the air, would be able to create some chances, we managed to take them and get the win."Mike Jones4 November 2026 20:43Some Fenerbahce reactionFenerbahce’s first goalscorer, Mason Greenwood, said: "It was a great performance from the team, we dug in until the end and always thought we'd have a chance to win the game, even though we went 1-0 down."I want to congratulate all the coaching staff, the players and especially the fans for getting behind us. "The main reason that I can find for why we lost this game is we conceded from three set pieces,” Iraola explained.“It's something that we were doing very well in the league, we were doing quite well until today."We knew it was one of the strengths of Fenerbahce.
We concede from a free-kick, a corner and even from the long throw at the end."They're goals have hurt us because we've gone twice in front after having good moments, controlling the game, arriving, we've found the goals but after we've conceded in situations we should definitely defend better.”(Getty)Mike Jones4 November 2026 20:23Reaction from Kostas TsimikasThe Liverpool left-back gave his thoughts to Uefa following the defeat to Fenerbahce. We didn't play very good and that's why we lost."Mike Jones4 November 2026 20:18A bad defeat for LiverpoolAlexander Isak gave Liverpool a 2-1 lead in the 69th minute of this game before they went on to lose 3-2 - it's the latest they have ever gone ahead in a major European game and then lost.