Andoni Iraola team go return to Premier League action on Sunday, 4.30pm BST kick-off at Anfield, after extended international break. The Reds reconvene earlier this week at AXA Training Centre and quickly turn attention to contest with the division early pacesetters.
Barcola, wey arrive Merseyside from Paris Saint-Germain for final days of summer transfer window, don make five appearances across all competitions since transfer complete. After settling-in period, the winger now set sight firmly on making impact during busy run of fixtures in coming weeks.
‘Yes, I feel comfortable,’ the No. 29 tell Liverpoolfc.com. ‘At beginning, I had to adapt and now I feel say I dey adapt more and more. So, I dey very happy to start ahead and I hope to be even better on pitch.’
On how e find competing for Premier League so far, he add: ‘I think e intense well well. E different from Ligue 1. But yes, you have to work hard to ready for plenty running and na wetin I try do for training to prepare for every match.’
Inside Training: Liverpool squad return ahead of Manchester City match! Read on for rest of our pre-match interview with Barcola. On returning after international break, e talk say: ‘It went well. We come back Thursday after selection. We had few days off, so e feel good, but we all happy to be back and to train together to ready for big game on Sunday.’
On working with Iraola, e talk: ‘I think he be very good coach. He get very good ideas. He put plenty intensity, whether na training or match. I think e very good to work like that so that we go win all our matches.’
On whether Iraola ask anything else of am apart from being able to play on both flanks, e answer: ‘No, not more than that. He ask me to do wetin I can do, to play as usual, so I can play on left and on right. Na true say I prefer to play on left, but e no bother me to play on right, so no problem with that and I try to ready to play left or right.’
On facing City this weekend, e yarn: ‘I think e go be very tough match, because Manchester City be very good team. We go play at home with all our fans, so I think we get that advantage and we know they go dey behind us. E go tough, but we go ready.’
On City providing stern test to start busy run of fixtures, e add: ‘Yes, I think e very good. They never lose games, but we never lose any games either. So, e go be very, very good game. E go be the game wey go launch us in series of games we go get. So, I think if we manage to win this game, e go very good for future.’
