Andoni Iraola ya kan Liverpool ne kawai tsawon 'yan watanni, amma alamun canji na gaske sun riga sun bayyana — a filin wasa da kuma a cikin tribunes na Anfield.

Tun da sun sha kashi a gujje taka-tsantsan na kakar wasan a hannun Manchester City a ranar 11 ga Oktoba, Liverpool sun ci nasara a wasanni biyar a jere a dukkan gasar. Wannan jerin ba a gani ba tun farkon kakar da ta gabata a karkashin Arne Slot, kuma ya zo a lokaci mai kyau: Arsenal ne baƙin ranar Lahadi.

Anfield na dawo da muryarsa

A mafi yawan kakar da ta gabata, shahararren yanayi na Anfield yana ganin an katse shi. Hakan ya canza. Nasara mai wahala kan Villarreal — duk da wasan da ba cikakke ba — ta kunna wutar lantarki ta gaske a filin wasan, kuma daidaituwa ta ci gaba da girma bayan nasara mai kyau a Premier League kan Brighton da lashe a harbin fentiti kan Chelsea a Carabao Cup.

Iraola ya san abin da Anfield mai cike da makamashi zai iya yi. "Muna da babban fa'ida akan sauran ƙungiyoyi saboda yanayin da muke iya ƙirƙira yana musamman," in ji shi.

Arsenal kuwa, sun isa sun ji rauni bayan an fitar da su daga Carabao Cup a hannun Fleetwood na League Two — sakamakon da zai ƙarfafa yarda Liverpool cewa Lahadi damar gaske ce ta aika saƙo mai ƙarfi.

Juya-juya da tsanani

Daya daga cikin alamun tare-tare na Iraola ita ce juya-juya na ƙungiya ba tare da tsayawa ba. Liverpool sun yi canje-canje uku ko fiye a cikin ƙungiyar farko a wasanni tara a jere, wata dabara da aka tsara don kiyaye 'yan wasa su kasance da kuzari a cikin jadawali mai cike da cunkoson wasanni.

"Yana game da yin yanke-shawara mafiya kyau dangane da nauyi da sabunta ƙafafu," Iraola ya bayyana. "Muna canza ƙungiyar da yawa daga wasa zuwa wasa kuma ina tsammanin za mu ci gaba da wannan hanya."

Lambobi sun goyi bayan canji. Liverpool suna matsakaicin dogayen ƙwallo 24.9 a kowace wasa na Premier League a wannan kakar, idan aka kwatanta da 21 a kakar da ta gabata. Manyan matsewar a rabin filin na abokin gaba sun tashi daga 160.1 zuwa 165.9 a kowace wasa, kuma guguwar gudu sun karu daga 123.2 zuwa 128.3 — tare da rufe ƙaramin nisa baki ɗaya, wanda ke nuna an yi amfani da ƙoƙari cikin inganci.

Kyaftin Virgil van Dijk ya kamsa ainihin abin da Iraola yake bukata. "An fadi kalmar 'tsanani' sau da yawa, wani lokaci akwai ɗan rudani kuma akwai wannan haɗarin-lada da ke gudana yanzu ma," in ji shi. "Idan mun matsa sama, na samu a wani lokaci kusan zan sa Cody [Gakpo] kai tsaye da mai tsaron ragar bayan na tarwatsa ƙwallon — a lokacin da nake cibiyar hagu. Har yanzu aiki ne mai ci gaba, amma kare da tsananin ƙoƙari yana ba ka babbar damar samun ƙwallon a sama."

Ƙungiya da ke ɗaukar sifarta

A cikin ƙungiyar baki ɗaya, amincewa na ƙaruwa. Ronald Araujo ya samu amincin masu goyon bayan Anfield da sauri, yayin da Jeremy Jacquet ya saba da kwallon filin Premier League ba tare da matsala ba. Cody Gakpo da Alexis Mac Allister duk suna wasa a matakin da ya fi na kakar da ta gabata, kuma Iraola ya nuna son rai wajen bai wa samarin iya fasaha damar su, ciki har da Rio Ngumoha, Trey Nyoni, Lewis Koumas, da James McConnell.

Falsafar Iraola tana bayyane: ƙididdiga na mallaka ba su da mahimmanci fiye da ƙirƙira damar mafiya kyau. Bayan nasara ta 2-0 kan Brighton — wanda a cikinsa Liverpool suna da ƙwallon cikin kashi 35.6 bisa dari na lokacin wasa — ya fada a sarari: "Wanda ke sarrafa wasa shi ne wanda ke sarrafa damarmakin."

Matakin da ke zuwa

Duk da daidaituwar da ke da kyau, Iraola yana jaddada cewa mafi kyau bai zo ba tukuna. Ya iso ya makara a tattaunawar jarida ta ranar Juma'a saboda horar da kwallo ta ɗauki lokaci fiye da yadda aka tsara — ƙaramin abu amma mai bayyana abin da yake son yi.

"Dole ne a sami wani matakin," in ji shi. Nasara kan Arsenal ranar Lahadi za ta kawo Liverpool cikin kude uku a baya daga jagororin. Hasara, a daya hannun, za ta faɗaɗa gibin zuwa kudi tara bayan wasanni tara kawai — ta mai da wannan ɗaya daga cikin muhimman wasanni na farkon kakar Liverpool.