Influential midfielder Szoboszlai appeared to return from Nations League action with Hungary unscathed, only to end up missing the clash with Manchester City last weekend as the result of a hamstring problem.
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Key trio: Liverpool have been without Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo due to injury
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Iraola insisted it was too early to say if any of Szoboszlai, Isak or Gakpo might be able to feature when Liverpool head to in-form Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday, though he is not ruling it out at this stage.
The Reds boss said at his pre-match press conference on Thursday: “It's early for us to say, we still have to train tomorrow.
“Obviously they were not ready for yesterday night, so we have to wait and see. I think it is still very early but, the same way I said that they were not available for the previous games, I leave the chance open this time, yes.”
Trey Nyoni started alongside Gravenberch against LASK with Alexis Mac Allister on the bench, with Iraola confident in the 19-year-old if he needs to step up again alongside the likes of 21-year-old striker Lewis Koumas, who got the nod both in midweek and against City with no Isak or Gakpo.
“Yes, especially in this period where we are basically playing every three days,” he said. “You need more players, and that’s why we changed the team a little bit yesterday.
“We will need to change again at the weekend, we will need to change again when we face Villarreal [in the Champions League next Tuesday night].
“We will need everyone, in one moment or another. Everyone has to be ready because we will need them probably.”
Asked again about Nyoni and Koumas, Iraola said: “Trey is a player who is very young, he is very mature, he understands the game very well, he is tactically smart and he has to continue going in this direction.
“He has been involved a lot and he has to keep this level up, be a No6 or an 8, he has to put pressure on the other midfielders. It's good he can perform in the Champions League.
“He [Koumas] deserves the minutes. We are using him more because Isak is injured but if I wasn't comfortable then I have other options.
“He knows he is ready to learn and be the best player he can be. He had a lovely moment yesterday, two goals disallowed and finally scoring the third one. A lovely moment for him.”