Barcola Is Still Adapting To EPL Football – Iraola

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola has opened up on the tactical flexibility required from his forward line. This comes following a frustrating afternoon at Anfield, and fans have been reacting.

Dismissing suggestions that his wingers are tied to a single side of the pitch, Iraola emphasized that Barcola and his fellow forwards are expected to be versatile weapons throughout the season.

Andoni added that the fans will need to be patient with the Frenchman because he is still adapting to the physical rigours of English football.

His words, “I think I said it a lot of times, we have four wingers and probably before the season everyone would say we had more left wingers than right wingers because they’ve played more there.

All the wingers will play on the right and play on the left, depending on the match-ups, depending where we think they are going to be more dangerous, depending sometimes on the defensive demands, depending what we feel, what we analyse.

I think Bradley, I think everyone – the four of them – have already played both sides and it is going to be all the season like this.

I think with Bradley we are also building his physical condition because he hasn’t had any minutes in pre-season and I think there is a good part where today he played, I think, a little bit more even than three days ago against Atletico Madrid.

He had a good chance [at the] second post; they blocked the shot but he arrived well.

Probably we know he has more but now it’s about giving him the minutes, keep building his confidence and he’s a player that is going to give us more.”