{"id":4469,"date":"2026-10-30T18:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/its-still-october-iraola-urges-patience-despite-liverpools-strong-form\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:31:06","slug":"its-still-october-iraola-urges-patience-despite-liverpools-strong-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/its-still-october-iraola-urges-patience-despite-liverpools-strong-form\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s Still October\u2019 &#8211;Iraola Urges Patience Despite Liverpool\u2019s Strong Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola has called for calm amid growing optimism, insisting that autumn is far too early to judge any team\u2019s true prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Iraola stressed that league positions carry little weight at this stage of the campaign, advising against drawing firm conclusions before every side has faced one another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/man-united-interested-in-bassey\/\">Man United Interested In Bassey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are on a five-game winning run in all competitions, a sure sign of their progress as they adapt to the methods of former Bournemouth manager Iraola in his first season on Merseyside since replacing the sacked Arne Slot.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the rising expectations and lively atmosphere among the fanbase, Iraola welcomed the supporters\u2019 enthusiasm without letting it distract from squad preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still October. We have to take one game at a time and I always say the reference is more or less when we\u2019ve played against each other once, so halfway through the season. That\u2019s when you can start to look at the standings.<\/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>\u201cRight now, we are in a position where we need to improve and keep getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/premier-league-club-chase-zaidu-sanusi\/\">Premier League Club Chase Zaidu Sanusi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor fans, it is good if they have expectations or they think we can win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Arsenal and how good they are,\u201d Iraola said. \u201cThey have very good players, working a lot in synchronicity and we have to be ready for that challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a demanding game, but we also trust our players, trust ourselves and in the good atmosphere we will for sure have on Sunday. I hope we will be at a level to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola has called for calm amid growing optimism, insisting that autumn is far too early to judge any team\u2019s true prospects. Iraola stressed that league positions carry&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4469","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=4469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}