'Lazy' Liverpool player scorned after sloppy international performance costs his country

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Liverpool players have been aiming to wrap up qualification for next summer’s World Cup this week as they head off to play for their countries.The Reds should have plenty of representatives at the tournament, as supporters begin to look forward to another festival of football.Many Liverpool fans do not follow the England national team, and with no players currently featuring for the Three Lions, supporters will perhaps be looking for another team to cheer on.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. One of those is Ryan Gravenberch, whose renaissance at Anfield has led to him being handed a key role for Ronald Koeman’s team.The Dutch look fairly certain to qualify, and could have finished the job with a win over Poland in Warsaw on Friday.

There have been some really bright moments, but the consistency has not quite been there.That has seemingly leaked into his performances for the Netherlands as well.READ MORE: Hugo Ekitike is the new ‘darling’ of French football as national media go wild for Liverpool starIn quotes from Voetbal International, Van Hooijdonk took aim at Gravenberch, criticising him for not tracking runners while analysing footage from the match.“It’s laziness, because you think the ball won’t fall there anyway,” the former striker said when watching clips of the Liverpool midfielder. Who has been Liverpool’s best summer signing?

But when you have a lot of possession against those kinds of teams, you actually have a false sense of dominance.”With Cody Gakpo unable to continue his hot streak for the Oranje, they will have to get a result against Lithuania to finish top of the group.Gravenberch’s form could be a concernLiverpool knew they could rely on Gravenberch to deliver an eight out of 10 performance virtually every week last season.This time, the 23-year-old has not looked quite the same player. It can happen.Nevertheless, Liverpool supporters should be paying special attention to how Gravenberch gets on against Lithuania next week.