Ryan Gravenberch and 3 others run risk of Champions League suspension during PSG game
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Ryan Gravenberch and three other Liverpool players run a risk of being suspended for the Champions League semi-finals if they pick up one more booking before going through. Image Credits: Imago ImagesLiverpool’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield is already a knife-edge occasion, with Arne Slot’s side needing to overturn a 2-0 deficit to keep their season alive.
On a night when Liverpool must be aggressive and front-foot, several key players will also have to keep their discipline in check.Four Reds go into the game walking a suspension tightrope, with Ryan Gravenberch joined by captain Virgil van Dijk, Curtis Jones, and Alexis Mac Allister.One more booking for any of that quartet would trigger an automatic one-match ban, ruling them out of a potential semi-final first leg if Liverpool can pull off a comeback.Under UEFA’s rules, a player is banned after three yellow cards in the competition, and then again after each odd-numbered caution (five, seven and so on).Those bookings carry all the way through to the end of the quarter-final stage, but are then wiped before the semi-finals, meaning no one starts the last four on a booking. Crucially, though, if a player reaches that third yellow during the PSG tie, the suspension still applies.Off the pitch, the build-up will also be intense.
Local authorities are aware of the plans and the route follows a similar pattern to last year’s visit, aiming to guide visiting supporters safely to the ground.For Liverpool, the equation is brutally simple: win big on the night, stay on the right side of the referee and hope their stars can avoid the cautions that would weaken them later in the competition.With so much riding on both the result and the behaviour of key players, Anfield is braced for another tense European classic under the lights. PSG UEFA Champions League