Iraola hails Araujo response to tough Liverpool calls after glowing praise

Alexander Isak scored his sixth goal of the campaign after Pascal Gross had turned Florian Wirtz's shot past goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen to double the advantage and the Reds defended impressively in the second half to keep the Premier League's highest scorers at bay.

Araujo, who started at right-back, was key to that clean sheet as Liverpool secured their fourth shutout in eight games to move inside the top four after Chelsea's 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur the previous evening.

The Reds have conceded just one league goal with 11 men on the pitch since August and Iraola was delighted with the contribution of the in-form Araujo, who is on a season-long loan move from Barcelona with the potential for it to become permanent £47m next year.