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Iraola on Liverpool EFL penalty shootout win against Chelsea

28/10/2026

Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:13Yeah, at the end, in the competition, what matters is that you are in the next round,
00:20you are in the draw, and luckily for us, we finished on the right side of the penalty shootout.
00:27I think it is pleased because I think the players have done a very big effort today,
00:32and at least we get the reward of being in the quarterfinals.
00:45Honestly, I was talking to Tony before the draw, and I told him the only team that I don't want
00:51is Bournemouth.
00:52You know, for me it's special, but they know me very well, they are playing very well lately in a
01:01good moment,
01:03but it is what it is.
01:05We haven't been very lucky with the draw, we played Spurs, Chelsea already, now Bournemouth,
01:11and that is going to be obviously special for me.
01:14But we have to earn the right to win the semi-finals, and I hope we can do it here
01:19at home again.
01:21And Tony, there has been so much change here in the past 18 months or so,
01:27and change in the team as well, but it has felt like over the past few weeks there is a
01:30real togetherness,
01:31and then you saw that tonight, the way the players celebrated at the end.
01:35Do you feel that, the relationship?
01:37I feel it, I feel it, and I am very happy to feel it, because I think it is very
01:43important.
01:43We need to feel what we are feeling now, what the players are feeling,
01:48I think they are feeling the support of the ones in the stands,
01:56and I think when we are all together we created atmospheres, even starting losing,
02:03I think there was a let's go, come on.
02:05A lot of the players have given us very good help,
02:09and I think now is like the third game at home where we finish with good feelings,
02:15and we have another big one on Sunday,
02:17and let's try to finish this four in a row that we had at home in the best way.
02:23Richard.
02:24Hi Andoni, in this competition we have seen you start with some younger players
02:28and bring on some of your more experienced players,
02:31and when you come to a penalty shootout you then got Alexander-Eazak
02:34and Alexis McAllister and Florian Beards and a bit like that.
02:37Is that sort of justifying that?
02:40Is that a real nice sight to see them all there on 90 minutes?
02:44A little bit of everything.
02:46When you do the line-ups and the squats and this,
02:49you are not thinking in case it goes to penalties I will leave,
02:52the ones who shoot the penalties for you.
02:54No, you are trying to balance the team.
02:55We are changing a lot of the players because we need to change.
03:00I think we have done today seven changes,
03:02but even in the Champions League that are very important games
03:04we are doing always four or five changes.
03:08and obviously when I have done the last subs, when I put Alexis and Alex especially,
03:15it starts to be on your head.
03:17In case of need, those are the best ones probably that you can put.
03:21Yes.
03:21Can you do the last one here?
03:23Just on Trey, just how pleased are you with how you've developed at the moment
03:26to get a lot of minutes, a lot of pressure on him to sort of take that step this season?
03:29Sorry, I didn't understand the player.
03:31Trey.
03:32Ah, Trey.
03:33I think he's done really well.
03:35Really well.
03:36I think it's good for the young players especially to live these experiences in cup competitions
03:42where if you lose you are out.
03:45And we've been losing, then the draw, then they haven't been there in the penalty shot
03:50but they live the feelings, they play under pressure against a very good team
03:55and also I think Trey has finished physically in a good play so well done, yes.
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