Gomez injury overshadows winning start for Iraola
Liverpool start life under Andoni Iraola with a 4-2 win over Sunderland thanks to goals from Kieran Morrison, Dominik Szoboszlai, Federico Chiesa and Lewis Koumas.
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"Probably the worst news has been straight away the injury of Joe. We were happy because we were going through training without losing any players and unluckily for us we've lost Joe straight away."
— Andoni Iraola , Executive
"With Jeremy we decided to take it easy with him. He's had a lot of months without playing and he's been training very well but we're going to take it easy with him."
— Andoni Iraola , Executive
Key People
Andoni Iraola is a football manager who was a target for Crystal Palace.
Calvin Ramsay is a player for Liverpool.
Dominik Szoboszlai is a Hungarian professional footballer playing for Liverpool.
Enzo le Fee is a player for Sunderland.
Federico Chiesa is an Italian professional footballer known for his attacking play.
Giorgi Mamardashvili is a goalkeeper for Liverpool.
Giovanni Leoni is a young player for Liverpool recovering from injury.
Midfielder for Aston Villa, currently on loan from Liverpool.
Jeremy Jacquet is a new signing for Liverpool, playing as a centre-half.
Joe Gomez is a professional football player and captain for Liverpool.
Josh Abe is a young football prospect making his debut at Liverpool.
Kieran Morrison is a young footballer who plays for Liverpool.
Lewis Koumas is a football player for Liverpool.
Timur Tutierov is a player for Sunderland.
Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a defender for Liverpool.
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Liverpool start life under Andoni Iraola with a 4-2 win over Sunderland thanks to goals from Kieran Morrison, Dominik Szoboszlai, Federico Chiesa and Lewis Koumas.
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