Iraola will be relieved that his team were able to shake off Marcos Llorente’s opening goal — remarkably, his fifth at Anfield — courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai (after a lovely backheel by Ronald Araujo) and a thunderbolt from Alexis Mac Allister, whose future has been the subject of more debate this week.

Summer signing Bradley Barcloa limped off the pitch with an apparent calf injury and had to be replaced on the hour mark, with Victor Muñoz coming in for the France international. Barcloa arrived just a few weeks ago on a transfer reportedly worth $166 million,