🚨 Gary Neville on Andoni Iraola’s unbeaten start at Liverpool:
🎙️ “Seven games, four wins, three draws and still unbeaten. That’s a very good start for a manager walking into Liverpool and changing the way the team wants to play. You can talk about performances and whether every game has been perfect, but the first thing you ask of a new manager is simple don’t lose football matches. Iraola hasn’t.”
“What I like is that Liverpool are already starting to look like an Iraola team. There’s more intensity, more aggression, quicker transitions and defensively they’re beginning to look much more organised. The Atlético Madrid win was important because it showed they can take that style and use it against a serious European opponent.”
“But now comes the fascinating part. Seven unbeaten is impressive, but unbeaten runs only become meaningful when you start beating the teams around you. Manchester City coming to Anfield is exactly the kind of game where Iraola can change the conversation from ‘good start’ to ‘Liverpool might actually be building something here.’”
“If he beats City, I think the belief around Liverpool changes completely. Seven unbeaten becomes eight, Anfield gets louder, and suddenly everyone starts asking the same question how far can Iraola actually take this Liverpool team”