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Andoni Iraola has rotated his Liverpool side as they prepare to face LASK in the Champions League.
With this being Liverpool’s second of nine games in a 28-day period, Iraola was keen to freshen up the side
“You don’t have a lot of time to train,” the Spaniard said in the pre-match news conference. “You try to prepare the games now a lot of times just with the videos and the tactics boards, just a little bit outside.
“You have to prioritise the freshness of the players. Especially now we are playing four games in 10 days, it’s keeping all the legs, all the energy in the games.
“But in cases like Bradley [Barcola] especially, who has been probably the last one to arrive, the more he plays and the more he gets connections with the ones around him, the better he will become.”
However, with Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo all failing to recover from their respective knocks in time to be available for selection, Iraola’s options were limited.
Taking into account the short turnaround between two away games for Liverpool this week, there could be some rotation in defence. Jeremy Jacquet shook off a hamstring strain to start against Man City and starts again here, with Jeremie Frimpong returning at right-back.
Confirmed Liverpool XI vs LASK: Alisson; Frimpong, Araujo, Jacquet, Tsimikas, Nyoni, Gravenberch, Wirtz, Barcola, Koumas, Ngumoha
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Munox, Chambers, McConnell, Danns, Sonni-Lambe, Lucky
Injured: Bradley, Ekitike, Leoni, Isak, Gakpo, Szoboszlai
Ineligible: Chiesa, Endo
Time and date: 5.45pm BST on Wednesday, October 14, 2026
How to watch: TNT Sports
Venue: Raiffeisen Arena