Why Andoni Iraola is having problems winning with Liverpool at Anfield

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Liverpool cemented their terrific away form in the Premier League on Sunday as they beat Crystal Palace 3-1 at Selhurst Park. The Reds have won four consecutive matches on the road, winning at some difficult grounds and seeing off Ipswich Town, Bournemouth, Brentford and now Palace.While it is pleasing to see Liverpool pick up points away from home, things have been much more difficult for them at Anfield, where they have managed just one win, and collected only five points, from five matches.

What did you make of that performance? 👇 Liverpool’s defence is causing them problems at Anfield Liverpool have not been especially good defensively under Iraola no matter where they have been playing, but according to Nicol, this is more of an issue at home, where the Reds are forced to go forward more, thus leaving bigger gaps for opposition teams to exploit. It’s not that they’ve been performing completely differently at home than they have been away, it just so happens that they’ve got results away,” he said on ESPN.

And so when you’re not defending well as individuals and as a group, that’s why.”If the Premier League table were adjusted for home matches only, Liverpool would be sitting in the relegation zone, in 18th position. Meanwhile, they top the table away from home.