On whether Reds supporters should \u2018go one game at a time or should they start dreaming?\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n
No, the fans, it\u2019s good if they have expectations or if they think we can win and normally it\u2019s a good thing. But if you ask me I think it\u2019s still very early in the season.<\/p>\n
On winning three of his last four games against Arsenal while in charge of AFC Bournemouth and what the key is to beating them\u2026<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true that we had good results with Bournemouth against them, but this doesn\u2019t mean a lot, honestly. It\u2019s a totally different team, different group of players, different moments so I think we cannot use exactly the same things we used with Bournemouth against Arsenal. I think that we have to use different tools, use our players as good as we can and trust them. At the end it\u2019s going to be a matter of winning the duels, running more than them, winning the aerial duels, winning the set-play mini-games, these things that you have to control against us and all this.<\/p>\n
On whether Arsenal are \u2018still the team to beat\u2019 this season\u2026<\/p>\n
I think they are the actual champions and they are top of the league right now, they\u2019ve only lost one game this season. So, they are in a good place and definitely it\u2019s going to be a good challenge for us on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“We know Arsenal, we know how good they are, very good players, working a lot, working in synchrony, knowing each other very well and we have to be ready for that challenge. I think it’s going to be demanding, the game, but I also trust our players, trust ourselves and in a good atmosphere that for sure we will have on Sunday, I hope we can be at the level to win this game.”![\"Andoni](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/andoni-iraola-app-profile.png\")
Andoni Iraola<\/p>\n
On whether he feels the players have become used to what he wants from them on the back of five wins in a row…<\/p>\n
I think winning helps a lot, obviously, but it\u2019s true from the five wins, just two are in the league. So, if we are talking about the league, we still need more wins to recover points. Definitely we know we are not where we want [to be] in terms of needing to improve a lot of things, but if you can do this process while you are getting results, it\u2019s always nicer and better, I think.<\/p>\n
On whether he feels \u2018the energy coming back\u2019 to Anfield…<\/p>\n
I think it\u2019s not just winning. I think, especially at Anfield, everyone feels when the team goes for it. When everyone is giving everything, when everyone is trying his best, our supporters will be there to help the team. Even when we first started losing in some of the last games, I think they\u2019ve been there and they\u2019ve helped us massively. The other day against Chelsea, I think the atmosphere was really, really good. It\u2019s nice to recover, to feel these things at home because we have a big advantage, with respect to other teams. I think this atmosphere that we can create is special.<\/p>\n
On the expectation that comes with being Liverpool boss and the team not being \u2018the underdog\u2019 going into games…<\/p>\n
I knew since the first day I stepped into this building, I knew this was going to happen \u2013 it doesn\u2019t matter the position, it doesn\u2019t matter the competition. We accept this. It is always a good thing also in the people expecting a lot of things from your team. It doesn\u2019t change a lot the approach of the game; at the end it\u2019s a matter of how can we have more chances than the opposition, more chances the Arsenal. We know they are very good defensively. I think also defensively we are in a good place. So, every situation we can create, every chance you can get, is very valuable and after what happens in the boxes will be decisive.<\/p>\n
On Ryan Gravenberch\u2019s performance in midweek and his \u2018progress and development this season\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n
I think, as you said, he has had better games this season, worse games. Lately he is playing a lot of minutes and has played also very good games recently. We trust him. We know what he can produce and like with other players, when they don\u2019t play well, I try to help to improve the things I think he can improve. And when he is in a good place, try to keep him there. It\u2019s the same with Ryan.<\/p>\n
On how he is managing playing games every midweek and that affecting time on the training pitch\u2026<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true that I didn\u2019t have a lot of experience [of that], I had some coaching in the Europa League. But I\u2019ve had a lot as a player, I played a lot in Europe as a player. So, a lot of the stadiums we visit, I\u2019ve already been there. I\u2019ve already been in the [situation] when you arrive at three o\u2019clock in the morning. It\u2019s different to manage it. You have to do a lot of the job with the analysts, in the video room, with the board \u2013 without spending the legs. But I think our players are very used to it, so a lot of the work is done and now it\u2019s more a matter of getting the decisions right in terms of the loading, freshening the legs. We are changing a lot from game to game and I think we will continue this approach, because I think it\u2019s going well.<\/p>\n
On whether \u2018there is another level to come\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n
There has to be. There always has to be another level. We need to improve things, yes. Lately we are getting good results but we need to improve in different areas, we know this.<\/p>\n