'We have work to do': Iraola admits Liverpool can't keep letting levels drop

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] squandered a two-goal advantage for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/monaco-2PIvr8o4/?mid=prpDQ78s"]second straight game[/a] ‌after losing 4-2 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds United[/a] earlier this ‌month, raising concerns about their readiness ahead of their Premier ‌League opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle United[/a] on August 23.[/p][p][b]"We ‌played really good (in the) first half, especially the first 30 minutes, but right now probably we don't have much more ‌in terms of the level required ⁠to play like this,"[/b] ‌Iraola told the club's TV channel.[/p][p][b]"We won the first two ​games but the last two, we cannot sustain the level that we want for all ​the game. As soon as we have made some changes they start to get tired, we cannot ⁠sustain that level, so ​we have work to do."[/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="901afbab-5b88-487e-92d1-b4ba42c6a998" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6731079f-5091-4378-8008-3938164d4cf8" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]Virgil van Dijk[/a], goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alisson/UZrQ3bwP/"]Alisson Becker[/a] and winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Cody Gakpo[/a] were all making their first appearances since the World Cup.[/p][p][b]"The problem is ‌right now probably they don't have the energy for 90 minutes and they start to get tired,"[/b] said Iraola, who joined Liverpool in June after Arne Slot was sacked.[/p][p][b]"It will take time with them, we need more training with them. But we can take a lot of positives, but also a lot of negatives from today."[/b][/p][p]Iraola also said they were taking ‌a cautious approach with new signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacquet-jeremy/h0WK6DL4/"]Jeremy Jacquet[/a], ​who suffered a shoulder injury in February and ‌has recently been troubled by a knee issue.[/p][p][b]"We were in doubt whether to put him (in the squad) today, we decided not but he should be fine for the next one. It is taking ⁠a little bit more ⁠time than we ‌expected,"[/b] he said.[/p]