Jay Spearing explains why Gravenberch didn’t know what he was doing as Liverpool beat Villarreal

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Ryan Gravenberch’s number ten role questioned despite Liverpool beating Villarreal Even the most ardent of Liverpool supporters understand that the team still isn’t quite right, and as mentioned above, injuries haven’t helped Iraola’s cause in that sense. That includes Gravenberch, who, according to Spearing, played like someone who has never played that number ten role before.

Spearing identified the Dutch international as playing like somebody who was ‘learning’ the role, hence why he was out of position at times. I have to do a little bit of digging to see if he has done that before.

“But he did see him at times, like he was a little bit out of position and didn’t quite understand what it was. That’s a new partnership growing, you know, being together as partners to understand each other’s way of playing.” Gravenberch stats for Liverpool against Villarreal Gravenberch played the entire game, earning himself a rating of 6/10 by Rousing the Kop, and exactly 6.6 by Sofascore.