Liverpool youngster now certain to get his chance after what happened in Reds’ defeat to Man City
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Andoni Iraola has plenty to think about after Liverpool’s disappointing 3-0 defeat against Manchester City on Sunday, with problems beginning to really open up within the Reds’ squad.The Spaniard badly missed Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai against the serial rule-breakers, and with so many games coming up in quick succession, Liverpool fans will be looking at the fixture list ahead with real concern.To make their selection issues even worse, Ryan Gravenberch will now miss the Reds’ next Premier League match – away at Brentford next Saturday – and after Iraola confirmed that Szoboszlai is unlikely to return for Wednesday’s trip to LASK, his participation at the Gtech Stadium has a big question mark over it.FULL TIME Give us your INSTANT REACTION as Liverpool lose 3-0 to Man City 😡 While that will be a worry, it should also mean that Trey Nyoni is finally given his first Premier League start in West London. With no more options to turn to, Iraola will have to trust the 19-year-old.Nyoni will surely start against BrentfordGravenberch’s red card stung for three different reasons on Sunday.
Firstly, it unarguably cost Liverpool the chance of getting any kind of result against City. Taking him out of the action harmed Liverpool just about every way possible.The upshot is that Gravenberch will not be present against Brentford, and with Szoboszlai likely to miss out as well, Nyoni will get his shot.READ MORE: Virgil van Dijk preparing comment on Man City’s rule-breaking after Liverpool beaten 3-0Another slight issue is perhaps that it now means Iraola cannot take the under performing Florian Wirtz out of the squad, with a lack of midfield options meaning it simply has to be Alexis Mac Allister, Nyoni and the German.For Nyoni, that could be the start of a real run in the team.
Fans have been calling for the youngster to play more often, and having done well in the minutes afforded to him, he will now get the opportunity to prove them right.It will not help Gravenberch, who was looking much more like his old self against City, but at least Liverpool have a top young talent who can come in and give it his best. Many careers in football have been started in similarly unlikely circumstances, and if Nyoni can do well against a strong Brentford team, the absence of Gravenberch and Szoboszlai could quickly become a non issue.