Adli swooped on 95 minutes to strike and earn the 3-2 win on Saturday.
Iraola said of the midfielder: “I think Amine is in a situation that probably now he is receiving the rewards of a lot of work he's put in for the team.
“He has come as a new signing but this has been a situation where basically Antoine was playing everything in one side and then we had Tavernier, Brooksy, even Ben Gannon-Doak, Amine Adli, so there were not as many minutes available.
“But he has continued fighting, pushing, and now in a situation where we don't have any of those players, we really need him and he has been there for us because of the goal.
“But also defensively, I think he's helping Adrien (Truffert) in this case a lot and the more minutes he gets, the more time he plays, I think it's going to be more valuable for us, I think.”