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Andoni Iraola on Liverpool's frustrating 1-0 defeat by Arsenal

01/11/2026

Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:23Yes, overall I think we have to blame especially the start of the game
00:29until we conceded the goal. I think the start hasn't been at the level of the game,
00:34but from that 1-0 I think it's 15 or 16 minutes. I've loved the reaction of the team,
00:40even in the first half I think we reacted really well and I think we put Arsenal under big pressure.
00:49I think we've done enough to score, but obviously we haven't, but we had for me the crossbar,
00:56we have the header of McAllister, that for me is a very clear chance. I think we had a clear
01:02penalty
01:02also for us and I think we've had a lot of situations inside the box, not even around the box,
01:08inside the box, that definitely we haven't finished properly as you say.
01:23I think there are two situations and they are a little bit related. I think the Isaac one is a
01:28clear penalty. He's going to hit the ball in front of the goal, they grab him where everyone see the
01:35shirt. You don't need a lot just to avoid Alex because the ball just goes in front of him and
01:40I
01:40think he's, I don't see the reason why, probably because he doesn't dive or he doesn't go to the
01:44floor. Shouldn't be a reason not to consider a penalty. And then after the Gakpo one, I think it's
01:50a sustained holding, but I understand their argument and I think they are right that they say the ball
01:54was too long and Cody wouldn't have arrived to the ball, but then you're basically accepting that the
01:58first one is a pen, no? So you cannot use the argument in both ways differently. So I think it's
02:04a,
02:05yes, it's a, it's a pen the Alex one is. I don't know. I think we have to wait.
02:18As a manager in those situations, how do you take those retrospectives? It means not.
02:23No, no, I don't, you know, I, I think we, we have to wait now. I think it's 10 days
02:28or 12 days until they
02:29give the, the resolution, but it would, it's not going to change anything. If we talk to the
02:37PGMall or not, it's going to be what it is. And that's it, accept it. And let's go for the
02:43next one.
02:43No, it's not going to change.
02:44But it's so frustrating getting like this, but it's going to be fine now.
02:51Definitely. It's very important because we had the same feeling, no? I can see it a little bit,
02:55you know, the first gel of Ryan and things that, small things, no? In these kind of games that are
03:00so, so close that every detail matters, haven't gone for us this season, but we'll see, no?
03:08The season is long and probably next day it goes for us. Bruce?
03:30I can say what I think about the situations, but we cannot waste too much time about the
03:36referring decisions, I think. No, we have to say what it is, I think it's a pen, but we have
03:40to
03:40control what the things that we need to improve, you know, to be in the right side of these close
03:45games, you know? I think we've done today more than enough to score. Probably what we need to
03:50correct is the beginning of the game until we concede. It's true that we concede, you know,
03:54we mess up a goal kick, but the feeling I had before is their goal was closer than ours.
04:01And from that moment, I think the game also has changed to our favour. It's true that probably they
04:06don't need to take risks and they go also deeper, but I honestly felt, you know, that our goal was
04:11coming, you know, because I think we've created enough pressure.
04:15One there and the last one there, Adam.
04:17And the event in the first half was so good. Was there any disappointment about that you were
04:21able to continue on that moment in the second half? Why do you think that was it?
04:24Yes, I think since we received the goal until the half-time, I think we've had very good moments,
04:31very good, I think 30 minutes, and it looked quite close, you know, the goal. I think we haven't been
04:38able to put them under pressure, we've put them inside the box, we've put them there,
04:43but we haven't had the clarity, you know, to finish better the situations, you know? I
04:50decided to finish with Rio, with Viktor, even putting Dom, you know, to see if we could maybe
04:55from one shot outside the box, to scoring in different ways, but even we've had a lot of set
05:01pieces, we haven't been able to score also from there, and also they've been very good defensively
05:07in the second half.
05:09Going forward, do you think you've got a tiny place maybe to be a bit more smart and fall down?
05:15It's a shame you asked me this question, but honestly, yes, we have to tell them
05:19go down because they are not going to call it otherwise. And then the referees can play why they don't
05:25go down,
05:26because if you don't go down, you don't call it, so. And then it's like, you know, you are all
05:30the
05:30time going down, so. But I think Alex is honest, he tries to go for the ball, everyone can see
05:40life
05:41straight away, you know, there is a clear, clear pull. And even Cody in the second one,
05:47but I understand the explanation that they give in the second one.
05:49Oh, thank you.
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