Andoni Iraola has proven Jamie Carragher wrong with his stance on Manchester City's guilty verdict ahead of the clash between Liverpool and Enzo Maresca's side on Sunday. The former Reds defender felt that Iraola would stay away from talking about the charges and focus on the football.
However, the 44-year-old Liverpool boss sent a clear message to both City and the Premier League. Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Iraola said: "I think it should be [concluded quickly]."
Iraola's message on City verdict
"There should be a moment when something comes from this but now is not that moment. Nobody knows what is going to happen and I think this uncertainty is no good for anyone. I don't know what's going to happen. No-one knows what's going to happen."
"I think we have to trust the people who are in charge of those things. They have spent a lot of time (looking at the issue), no? So they are ones that the football world has put their trust in and they decide to make their decisions."
"The best thing for us is that we are focusing on the football and on the game, Liverpool vs Man City. But we cannot control everything that happens and that is why there are mechanisms to control these kinds of things."
Focus on the Anfield atmosphere
Iraola was quizzed on whether he'd use the guilty charges in his pre-match team talk, but revealed he'd stick to using the atmosphere at Anfield, something Carragher believes Liverpool need to use for this clash.
Speaking on the Overlap Fan Debate, Carragher said: "I've been thinking about this game a lot because we've had such a long break. It almost feels like it's an important game for Liverpool because I feel like everyone's almost expecting this atmosphere at Anfield."
"Now this atmosphere will be there, but this team and this manager, because it's new, have probably not used the Anfield crowd yet to sort of propel it to a performance and win a big game - maybe Atletico Madrid had features of that without it being a full-on rocking night."
"I'm really interested to see how Liverpool go about it and the manager understanding how he uses this crowd."
"I'm really interested to see what the manager says before the game, actually, because I don't think it's in his nature to ramp things up. He just doesn't come across as that - 'I just want to speak about football', and I can see him batting the City charges away."
"And I'm thinking, 'I wouldn't mind him just throwing a little hand grenade in there and just revving the supporters up and using the atmosphere to gain the three points, which is the most important thing."
