Andoni Iraola yana shiga cikin wasan Lahadi a Anfield da Manchester City yana dauke da matsaloli masu yawa — raunuka, tambayoyin tsari na yanayin Florian Wirtz — dukkansu suna buƙatar amsoshi kafin fara wasan.

Rauni a mawuyacin lokaci

Hutu na ƙasashen duniya bai zo a lokaci mafi muni ba ga Iraola. Alexander Isak (ciwon cinyar kafa), Cody Gakpo (raunin ƙafar gindi), da Jeremy Jacquet (raunin ƙarancin fata na baya) dukkansu sun dawo da wuri zuwa cibiyar horarwa ta AXA da raunuka, inda suka bar shugaban Liverpool ba tare da isassun 'yan wasa a tsaro da harin ba.

«Alex Isak da Cody Gakpo dukkansu sun tilasta barin ƙungiyoyin ƙasarsu saboda raunuka,» Iraola ya gaya wa beIN SPORTS. «Yanzu tambayar ita ce ko za su warke a lokaci don taimakon mu a wasan da ke gaba ko a'a. Amma a halin yanzu, dukkansu suna raunuka.»

Idan aka hukunta Isak da rashin wasan, Lewis Koumas, ɗan shekara 21, shine mai yiwuwa mafi girma don ɗaukar matsayinsa a ƙarfin kai, yayin da Hugo Ekitike yana jiran watan nan kafin ya dawo bayan yankan jijiyar Achilles. A baya kuma, Joe Gomez na iya samun damar wasan da ba kasafai ba, Ronald Araujo zai koma yin tarayya da Virgil van Dijk a tsakiyar tsaro — ko akasin haka — yayin da Jeremie Frimpong na iya samun matsayin ɗandalin dama.

Matsalar Wirtz

Siyan Florian Wirtz da £116 miliyan yana ci gaba da kasancewa babbar hujja ta muhawara a farkon kakar Liverpool. Wasan da ya yi a Bournemouth kafin hutu ya jawo sukar gaske, musamman daga Jamie Carragher a nashi podcast.

«Wannan yana daga cikin mafi ƙarancin wasannin da na taɓa ganin sa yana sanya rigar Liverpool,» Carragher ya ce. «Na yi tunanin wannan wasan da Bournemouth babban gwaji ne ga Wirtz. Dole ne ya yi wani abu!»

Da Gakpo da Isak suna cikin shakku, Iraola kusan tabbas zai buƙaci Wirtz — tare da wani dan wasan £100 miliyan Bradley Barcola — su yi kyau a kan Manchester City. Amma mai rahoto na Sky Sports News Mark McAdam yana ci gaba da kwanciyar hankali cewa Bajamushene zai yi kyau ƙarƙashin Iraola.

«Liverpool ta ci Liverpool ya doke Bayern Munich da Manchester City don sanya hannu akan Wirtz — shi ne mai yiwuwa ɗayan mafi neman No 10 a ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya a lokacin,» McAdam ya ce a kan podcast ɗin Sky Sports Premier League. «Ba wanda ya zama mummunan No 10 dare ɗaya. Na yi yakinin cewa Iraola zai sami hanya don fitar da mafi kyawunsa.»

Daidaito a tsakiyar filin wasa yana ci gaba da ginawa

Iraola ya zaɓi ƙungiyar tsakiya mai mutum biyu da Alexis Mac Allister da Dominik Szoboszlai, yana barin Ryan Gravenberch — wanda ya yi matuƙar tasiri ƙarƙashin Arne Slot — a waje. Wannan tsarin yana fitar da sakamako: Liverpool sun tsare ragar hujja a wasanni uku a jere a Premier League, bayan sun karɓi kowane kwararo biyu a cikin kowane ɗayan wasanni biyu na farko a Newcastle United da gida da Nottingham Forest.

«Yana ci gaba da ƙoƙarin neman daidaiton da ake so a tsakiyar filin Liverpool a wasu lokuta,» Vinny O'Connor na Sky Sports News ya ce a kan podcast ɗin Sky Sports Premier League. «Amma tare da waɗannan wasanni uku ba tare da karɓar kwararo ba, muna ganin ƙungiya da ke kare akwatin ta yadda ya kamata tana tura ƙwallon gaba da sauri.»

Saurin gudu na Liverpool ya bayar da ƙarin shaidar cewa 'yan wasa suna karɓar hanyoyin Iraola — Reds sun jagoranci Premier League da gudu 636 a wasanni biyar na farko.

Jadawalin wasan mai wahala yana kusantowa

Wasan Lahadi da Manchester City farkon wani dogon da wahala ne kawai; a cikin makonni uku masu zuwa, Liverpool za su yi wasanni bakwai a gasa uku daban-daban, ciki har da tafiya zuwa Brentford da wasanni gida da Brighton & Hove Albion, Arsenal, da Chelsea a League Cup — dukkansu a jere da sauri.

«Dole mu shirya saboda jadawalin da muke da shi yanzu yana da wahala sosai,» Iraola ya ce. «Muna buga da ƙungiyoyi na manyan huɗu sannan a tsakanin akwai Champions League sannan Chelsea a Carabao Cup — komai a cikin kwanaki biyu ko uku. Wannan wata mai zuwa zai zama mai wahala sosai a gare mu.»

Rashin nasara da Fulham — da aka samu kwana uku bayan nasarar da ta gaji sosai a Champions League akan Atletico Madrid — ta nuna gargaɗi game da tasirin irin wannan jadawalin.

Fara tarihi, amma gaske jarrabawa ta fara yanzu

Iraola ya fara mulkinsa a Liverpool ba tare da asara ba, ya zama farkon maneja da bai sha asara ba a wasanni biyar na farko na ligan da ya jagoranci ƙungiyar tun Joe Fagan a watan Satumba na 1983. Duk da haka, waɗannan wasanni biyar na farko sun kasance masu sauƙi a wani ɓangare, kuma ziyarar Lahadi daga jagoran ligan na wakiltar gaske karuwar ingancin abokin hamayya — wanda zai bayar da mafi yawan bayanai ga masu goyon baya da masu kallo game da Liverpool a ƙarƙashin sabon shugabansu.