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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Andoni Iraola makes Bournemouth return still learning on the job at Liverpool

Andoni Iraola talks to Bradley Barcola during Liverpool’s stalemate with Fulham
Andoni Iraola talks to Bradley Barcola during Liverpool’s stalemate with Fulham. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Alisson made little attempt to sugarcoat Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the season under Andoni Iraola when analysing the draw against Fulham with the club’s in-house media. “Unbeaten with three draws is not something to celebrate too much with this shirt,” said a peeved Liverpool goalkeeper. “We take the clean sheet but we are not happy at all. We need to aim for big things.”

Big things are the target and big things are expected from a Liverpool side containing three £100m-plus forwards. But the learning curve under the new head coach is proving challenging. As it is for the new head coach, too. Big decisions appear unavoidable.

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