Ryan Gravenberch's quiet but controversial decision pays off as Liverpool transformed by three players

If Rome wasn't built in a day, it's fair to now assume that Liverpool's midfield has at least been properly reconstructed across the course of the summer transfer window.

For the third game in eight days, the Reds recorded an ultimately comfortable home win to make it back-to-back Premier League victories against Everton and Nottingham Forest either side of a resounding Europa League triumph over Toulouse. Ten goals scored and just the one shipped, the omens are hugely positive for the future.

And central to it all at Anfield on Sunday afternoon were Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Sozboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch; three players who have given the engine room the significant renovation that was, with the benefit of hindsight, sorely overdue.

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It hasn't come without cost of course - the trio of stars were brought in to the tune of about £135m - but the remodelled midfield has given the entire operation at Liverpool huge lift at just the right time.

While the debate of the midfield last season was an interminable, negative rage that never really settled down, the talk around the centre of the park has been much more agreeable of late and with Gravenberch adding another eye-catching performance to a week that included a full debut against Everton and another Europa League goal in midweek, the Dutchman now looks like he is becoming an automatic starter in the middle of the pitch alongside Mac Allister and Szoboszlai.

Gravenberch’s decision to shun Netherlands Under-21 duty was one that Ronald Koeman confirmed the Dutch were unhappy with at the start of September