What Liverpool fans gave Ryan Gravenberch spoke volumes as £40m man truly arrives
There has been a sense of Ryan Gravenberch slipping under the radar at Liverpool since his deadline-day arrival from Bayern Munich.
Without the pre-season exposure of fellow summer signings Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, and not prompting the question marks surrounding Wataru Endo the Dutchman has, largely by chance rather than design, been given the space to find his feet.
And this was the latest glimpse of what Gravenberch can bring Jurgen Klopp’s squad as he set the Reds on their way to a comfortable Europa League win over Union Saint-Gilloise here at Anfield.
The 21-year-old put Liverpool ahead shortly before the break by reacting quickest to Trent Alexander-Arnold having his speculative effort spilled by the otherwise excellent Union goalkeeper Anthony Moris.
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In doing so, the midfielder became the first Reds player since Milan Baros in 2002 to either score or assist on his first three starts for the club, after laying on goals for Luis Diaz at LASK a fortnight ago and Cody Gakpo in the League Cup win over Leicester City last week.
The strike was deserved reward for Gravenberch after a hugely impressive first-half showing in which he was often at the centre of some impressive Liverpool attacking play, particularly in the opening half-hour.
Tall, rangy and with a burst of pace, the Holland international regularly profited from moving away from opponents on the turn – a feature of his game already apparent – and isn’t afraid to shoot, later forcing a fine save from Moris with an effort from range. And, as was shown with his goal, he
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