Pakistan, Aug. 11 -- Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola said his side are unable to sustain the required levels of performance after they lost 3-2 to Monaco in a friendly at Anfield on Sunday. Liverpool squandered a two-goal advantage for the second straight game after losing 4-2 to Leeds United earlier this month, raising concerns about their readiness ahead of their Premier League opener against Newcastle United on August 23.

"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," Iraola told the club's TV channel. "We won the first two games but the last two, we cannot sustain the level that we want for all the game. As ...