{"id":11219,"date":"2026-11-06T17:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/epl-we-have-to-react-iraola-urges-team-to-bounce-back-against-crystal-palace\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:31:39","slug":"epl-we-have-to-react-iraola-urges-team-to-bounce-back-against-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/epl-we-have-to-react-iraola-urges-team-to-bounce-back-against-crystal-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"EPL: &#8216;We Have To React&#8217; \u2013 Iraola Urges Team To Bounce Back Against Crystal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manager Andoni Iraola has called on his players to deliver an immediate response when they face Crystal Palace on Sunday, following a frustrating week that saw his side suffer back-to-back defeats in domestic and European competition.<\/p>\n<p>After a narrow 1\u20130 loss to Arsenal in the Premier League last weekend, the squad suffered a 3\u20132 defeat against Fenerbah\u00e7e in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/blankson-optimistic-flamingos-will-crush-japan-to-lift-2026-fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: Ex-Delta Queens Coach Blankson Confident Flamingos Will Beat Japan In Final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facing the prospect of entering the upcoming international break on the back of three consecutive losses, Iraola emphasized the need to secure all three points to maintain squad morale.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press ahead of Sunday\u2019s fixture, Iraola acknowledged how quickly momentum can shift over the course of a week.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the challenge,\u201d Iraola said. \u201cOne week ago in this same press conference, we were on a run, everything was in a good place, and we were in a better mood. Now, after two defeats, the mood changes\u2014and it has to be like this. Now we have to react.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-captain-fired-up-for-historic-clash-against-flamingos\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Japan Captain Fired Up For Historic Clash Against Flamingos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the difficult test awaiting his team against a stubborn Crystal Palace side, Iraola stressed the importance of maintaining perspective during challenging spells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not easy in the moment because when we lose a game, everyone is angry,\u201d Iraola added. \u201cBut we have to have some perspective. We know in the process we\u2019ll go up and down. We have to get through these moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manager Andoni Iraola has called on his players to deliver an immediate response when they face Crystal Palace on Sunday, following a frustrating week that saw his side suffer back-to-back&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}