Phil Thompson thinks he knows what Andoni Iraola is saying to Trey Nyoni behind the scenes at Liverpool

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Nyoni looks certain to be in the XI against Brentford on Saturday following Ryan Gravenberch’s suspension and Dominik Szoboszlai’s injury, and he warmed up for that difficult task in the best way by dominating the midfield in the Champions League.Fans have been eager to see the 19-year-old given more chances by Andoni Iraola this season, with his composure on the ball adding greater balance to Liverpool as a whole. The easy pass when it was on, but when he could that ball got fizzed in, in between the lines, that’s where you cause the most damage.” READ MORE: PSG stars react to Bradley Barcola’s Liverpool hat-trick after dismantling Man City in the Champions League “In the pre-season games, you could see that the manager has gone ‘look, I want you to play the ball forward, even if it’s 10 yards I’d rather it go there than come back because things will open up’.

You could see he was getting the ball and thinking ‘I’ve got to go forward,’ like as though he could hear the manager’s voice in him ‘play forward, play forward’ at any given opportunity. “He was getting the ball and as it was getting played he’d do that, drop a shoulder and turn and go forward.

He knew his whereabouts and he was turning. A couple of times he fizzed too much and the balls went out of play but some of them he turned and boomf, it was in.” Whatever Iraola is saying behind the scenes to Nyoni, the No.