{"id":290837,"date":"2023-09-22T08:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290837"},"modified":"2023-09-22T08:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:34:01","slug":"jurgen-klopp-plays-down-ryan-gravenberch-injury-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-plays-down-ryan-gravenberch-injury-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp plays down Ryan Gravenberch injury fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jurgen Klopp plays down injury fears over Ryan Gravenberch after Liverpool&#8217;s new \u00a335m midfielder limped off on his debut in 3-1 victory against LASK<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Liverpool midfielder limped off in Thursday&#8217;s Europa League victory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Reds boss Jurgen Klopp isn&#8217;t concerned after speaking to the 21-year-old<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click here to watch the IAKO Battle of Old Trafford YouTube Special from the Mail Sport Studios\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp has calmed fears that Ryan Gravenberch could be set for a spell on the side-lines after limping off injured in Liverpool&#8217;s Europa League group stage win on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder moved to Anfield in a \u00a335m summer switch from Bayern Munich and was handed his first start as the Reds came from behind to beat LASK 3-1 in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Gravenberch starred in his midfield pivot role and provided the assist for Luis Diaz&#8217;s second-half goal that handed the visitor&#8217;s the lead for the first time in the match.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was concern from Liverpool supporters when they saw the 21-year-old Dutchman cautiously edging his way off while being substituted, however, Klopp insists the issue was only cramp and not a serious problem.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;(He played) very good, he told me he had cramp so that makes sense,&#8217; said the Liverpool manager on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/07\/75718765-12548243-image-a-1_1695365811543.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp (middle) has calmed injury fears over Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch (middle left)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/07\/75718773-12548243-image-a-2_1695365814699.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old received treatment before limping off in the 71st minute on Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was his first start for a while I think and he did really well. For a long time he was the best player on the pitch and in the first-half frustration grew a little bit and you saw him getting lost a little bit, you know, &#8220;where is he?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But that&#8217;s normal these things happen but he stayed in the game as long as he could and had really good moments, set up a good goal for Luis Diaz and for not knowing a lot about his team-mates it looked pretty tuned,&#8217; added Klopp.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool went behind early on in their first Europa League outing since losing in the final against Sevilla in 2016 during Klopp&#8217;s first season in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Wholesale changes during the seven-years since then means not one player that started that game featured for Liverpool on Thursday as they embark on their silverware campaign in Europe&#8217;s second-tier cup competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gravenberch was handed his first start for the Premier League giants after making his debut as a substitute in Liverpool&#8217;s weekend win over Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>His last start prior to that came in a 2-1 Bundesliga win for Bayern Munich against Koln on the final day of last season where he was hooked by Thomas Tuchel after 71 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/08\/75719273-12548243-image-a-21_1695367386980.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Klopp revealed that Gravenberch was suffering from cramp before second-half substitution<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12548243\/Jurgen-Klopp-injury-liverpool-ryan-gravenberch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp plays down injury fears over Ryan Gravenberch after Liverpool&#8217;s new \u00a335m midfielder limped off on his debut in 3-1 victory against LASK The Liverpool midfielder limped off in Thursday&#8217;s Europa League victory But Reds boss Jurgen Klopp isn&#8217;t concerned after speaking to the 21-year-old Click here to watch the IAKO Battle of Old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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