Liverpool supporters have been left anxious after Ryan Gravenberch was taken off at half-time for the Netherlands however Ronald Koeman has since confirmed there’s no critical damage concern.
Minor hamstring challenge for Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch
The 22-year-old midfielder began within the coronary heart of the Dutch midfield alongside Frenkie de Jong of their 4–0 win over Finland.
Nonetheless, he didn’t reappear after the interval, prompting fears that the previous Bayern Munich man had suffered a contemporary setback.
Talking to NOS after the match (as reported by voetbalzone.nl), Koeman defined: “Ryan indicated he was experiencing some minor hamstring discomfort. We clearly didn’t take any dangers with that.”
The nationwide staff coach made it clear the substitution wasn’t tactical, regardless of early commentary suggesting in any other case.
Gravenberch was changed by Tijjani Reijnders, with Koeman later admitting he most popular to handle his participant’s workload quite than push him unnecessarily.
That method will come as welcome information to us, particularly with the Dutchman’s sturdy begin to the season below Arne Slot.
Mo Salah was rested for Egypt and let’s hope that this break from motion for our No.38 was nothing sinister that may see him dominated out for any time frame.
Liverpool focus turns to health forward of robust run
With the sport towards Manchester United on the horizon, Slot shall be hoping Gravenberch’s challenge is as minor as Koeman prompt.
The 47-year-old boss has already been managing a number of key gamers fastidiously after a congested begin to the marketing campaign.
Gravenberch’s type has meant he’s been a close to ever-present for the Reds, while Slot has needed to try to discover the perfect mixture of gamers throughout the remainder of the staff.
The Dutch may depend on Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo to supply goal-scoring contributions on an evening once they ran out 4-0 victors however let’s hope all of the Reds in Amsterdam are again in full well being.
For now, it seems the Netherlands’ medical staff acted early and that may very well be the perfect bit of reports we’ll get all week.
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