The 22-year-old Dutch midfielder is having the best season of his career with the arrival of the new Liverpool manager, Arne Slot. Since arriving at the club, Ryan Gravenberch was not a regular starter and was not considered a main midfielder in the team under Jurgen Klopp.
In his first season with the Reds, Gravenberch found it difficult to adapt to the Liverpool gameplay and had some poor performances where he couldn’t show his true potential, most of the time the main defensive midfielder was Wataru Endo whose form was slightly better than Ryan’s during last season.
But now it seems that everything has changed due to Arne Slot’s tactics. Ryan Gravenberch has left everyone impressed with the way he is playing now and it feels that he has been at the club for a very long time.
In the new 24/25 season, Gravenberch has started in every match for Liverpool except the last one in the 5-1 win against West Ham in the EFL Cup and this was the manager’s decision to let him rest so he can be fully fit for the next Premier League match against Wolverhampton. He was the key player to the team triumph in five games, dominating the midfield alongside Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
He even received the ‘Man of the Match’ award in the first Champions League match against AC Milan where the Reds won 3-1 after a excellent performance in San Siro.
Speaking about the changes under the new Liverpool’s appointed manager, Ryan Gravenberch said that the way they work and play is a bit different from Jurgen Klopp, because even the staff around the boss has changed.
Arne Slot’s tactics of the matches require a lot of possession and passes which can make the opponent weaker each time more and more, so the Dutchman is really happy with the way the team is playing at the moment.
He later continued speaking about Anfield’s atmosphere and he said that when he hears the fans sing the Liverpool anthem ‘You’ll never walk alone’ gives him goosebumps and a lot of energy to stay focused during the whole game. He feels that when the team knows that the fans are behind them, it gives them confidence and makes them hungry to destroy the opponent.
Ryan Gravenberch even compares the intensity of the match between the German and English leagues. He thinks that the possession and the pressure to receive the ball in the Premier League are quicker and you have less time to think about your decision compared to the Bundesliga which Gravenberch says is a bit more slower.
