Liverpool begin life under Andoni Iraola with pre-season victory against Sunderland

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomez-joe/SKt9dxk8/"]Gomez[/a], 29, left the pitch inside the ‌opening 10 minutes of the match in Nashville, ‌with goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morrison-kieran/dWFhj19g/"]Kieran Morrison[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/szoboszlai-dominik/dERKtqoo/"]Dominik Szoboszlai[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chiesa-federico/jHMlMUC4/"]‌Federico Chiesa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koumas-lewis/MDHKl4LO/"]Lewis Koumas[/a] then earning [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] the win.[/p][p]"[b]A lot of things to correct, obviously, it's ‌the first day. You could feel ⁠the heavy legs, ‌the players have been training[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iraola-andoni/xpALVpwq/"]Iraola[/a] said in an ​interview on the club's website.[/p][image alt="Iraola applauds fans after the game" id="575f795b-d754-445c-b842-1323484d6d3a" credit-line="ČTK / AP / George Walker IV" guid="ef23c98b-4cbd-42e1-bb7e-29c0180f708d" original-width="1400" original-height="933" /][p]"[b]So, we lacked some freshness. But it will give ​us a good starting point to improve things. Probably the worst news has been straight ⁠away the injury ​of Joe[/b].[/p][p]"[b]We were happy because we were kind of going through all the training without losing any player. Unluckily for us, straight away ‌we've lost Joe[/b]."[/p][p]The Spaniard added that centre-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacquet-jeremy/h0WK6DL4/"]Jeremy Jacquet[/a], whose previous season was cut short by a shoulder injury before his summer move to Liverpool, is likely to feature in their pre-season preparations.[/p][p]"[b]He has been a lot of months without playing with a shoulder injury. So, I think we are going to take ‌it easy with him[/b]," he added.[/p][p]"[b]He will ​play probably the last game of this ‌US tour and he will have time to have minutes[/b]."[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="61a54e65-d77b-45dd-b55d-05d0f3d5f973" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4133bc88-3c56-417b-99a9-84eea4ff383d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Liverpool play pre-season games against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds United[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]AS Monaco[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a], before their first match of the Premier ⁠League season away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]⁠Newcastle[/a] on August ‌23rd.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/sunderland-WSzc94ws/?mid=IH37NmVa"]See stats from the match here[/a][/b][/p]