Arne Slot has hailed the outstanding form of Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch this season.
Gravenberch has bounced back from an underwhelming first season at Liverpool to emerge as a key cog in the new regime under Slot.
The club’s failure to sign a defensive midfielder in the summer has handed Gravenberch a chance to impress and the 22-year-old has been the standout in recent games.
Gravenberch was named man of the match after the 2-0 win over Bologna in the Champions League on Wednesday evening and Slot has revealed how the Dutchman’s ability to dribble past players allowed Liverpool to beat the Italian side’s man-marking system.
“There are a few ways how to to overload or outplay them,” Slot said in his post-match press conference.
“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.
Slot praises outstanding Gravenberch performance
“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.”
