Ryan Gravenberch has excelled up to now this season underneath Arne Slot taking part in as Liverpool’s holding midfielder, and even the pinnacle coach was shocked at one side of his compatriot’s sport.
By many accounts, together with almost 75 % of voters in our participant of the match ballot, Gravenberch was Liverpool’s standout performer of their 2-1 win towards Wolves.
His coach thought he performed effectively, too, with Slot telling Sky Sports activities: “He’s simply very snug on the ball and with (Alexis) Mac Allister as effectively, that helps the group if you wish to have a possession-based type of play.
“You wish to have the ball; you wish to hold it so long as you’ll be able to.
“It at all times helps if in case you have two gamers which might be so snug on the ball within the holding midfielder place and the 2 of them can run as effectively.”
Whereas Gravenberch confirmed composure on the ball and glimpses of his supreme means, it was his defensive work that gained essentially the most plaudits towards Wolves.
“So I feel in case you solely take a look at the issues Ryan does with the ball, we don’t do sufficient justice to his sport as a result of he does a very good job with out the ball as effectively,” Slot added.
“To be utterly sincere, that shocked me even a bit as a result of I do know him from the Dutch league.
“However I feel at Bayern Munich and Jurgen [Klopp] did an actual good job to make him additionally higher with out the ball, and that’s what we’re taking the advantages of proper now.”
The stats inform the same story to Slot’s eyes, as Gravenberch made six recoveries, three tackles and gained all eight of his duels on Saturday, in response to Fotmob.
Although the 22-year-old impressed, Liverpool left lots to be desired from their efficiency, however Slot was happy with how the Reds created Ibrahima Konate‘s opener.
The coach stated: “What stands out for me is the persistence we had as a result of I’ve spoken about this a number of instances already, typically I really feel we have now to be extra affected person, particularly towards a low block group – I’m not saying Wolves had been that as we speak however on this second I feel it was a second-phase nook kick.
“We had been affected person, stored circulating the ball and ready for the appropriate second to carry the ball in.
“So it was a superb purpose however I feel after the primary 15 to twenty minutes usually, we had been rather more affected person and we managed the sport a lot better than the primary 15 and the final quarter-hour.”
Liverpool will should be higher towards the Premier League‘s elite groups however, for now, they are often pleased to be taking three factors dwelling to Merseyside.
Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
