Two absences from Liverpool's squad for the 2-2 draw at Newcastle drew the obvious questions. Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott were left out, and when players on the margins disappear at this stage of the window, people ****** ume a transfer is around the corner. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes it is simpler than that.
Andoni Iraola gave a clear answer on both cases before Liverpool's meeting with Nottingham Forest. On Chiesa, the issue is physical. On Elliott, it is selection. Those are different problems, and they carry very different implications.
Iraola said: "Fede is not available. In the game against Como he felt something in his back.
"With Harvey and some of the players, I can only choose 20. Harvey is trying and improving every week but I still prefer other options, about the balance on the bench.
Photo: IMAGO
#harvey #sometimes
Andoni Iraola gave a clear answer on both cases before Liverpool's meeting with Nottingham Forest. On Chiesa, the issue is physical. On Elliott, it is selection. Those are different problems, and they carry very different implications.
Iraola said: "Fede is not available. In the game against Como he felt something in his back.
"With Harvey and some of the players, I can only choose 20. Harvey is trying and improving every week but I still prefer other options, about the balance on the bench.
Photo: IMAGO
#harvey #sometimes
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