Barcola had made an underwhelming start to his Liverpool career following a reported £123 million ($163 million) move from Paris Saint-Germain but burst into life against the Austrian champions in a 6-3 win for Iraola’s side on Wednesday.
Bradley Barcola will have to cope with the scrutiny that comes with a huge price tag, Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola said after the Frenchman opened his account for the Reds with a Champions League hat-trick against LASK. You win a game, you are incredible; you have a bad performance, you are a disaster,” Iraola said at his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s trip to Brentford. “Football is like this.
It was a serious injury, and a lot of structures around the knee were affected apart from the ACL,” said Iraola. Barcola’s adaptation to a new league and new teammates has not been helped by injury problems, which have forced Iraola into constant changes. “Talking to the medical department, it wasn’t just an ACL.
The Italian suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on his debut for the club in September last year.
