Slot Talk: “He Was Outstanding Again, Today”
Gravy is impressing with his work both on and off the ball.
With a 2-0 win against Bologna in the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool FC Head Coach became the first Liverpool coach to achieve eight wins in his first nine games. In this opening spell, midfielder Ryan Gravenberch has arguably been the top performer so far, impressing in his new role as a number six — a holding midfielder.
Arne Slot had this to say about Gravenberch’s performances against Bologna and the season so far:
“There are a few ways how to to overload or outplay them and one of them is definitely a player who can drive with the ball, dribble with the ball and outplay someone because if you outplay someone you immediately have an overload and that is what happened, I think, after two or three minutes when Ryan turned away again from a good pass from Virgil.
“He was outstanding again today, Ryan, with his dribbling ability and that was important against this team but if we only focus on the dribbles he had we forget maybe how important he is without the ball, where he does a lot of work and wins a lot of second balls as well.”
Attack, defence, and in transition, Ryan Gravenberch is everywhere on the pitch right now. Long may it continue. The Reds will be back in action on Saturday, making the trip to London to face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in their last fixture before the October international break.
Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com
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