Liverpool star compared to Arsenal legend by Jamie Carragher

Jamie Carragher has lauded the performances of Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch and believes helium should beryllium successful the moving to winhe PFA Footballer of the Year Award.

The erstwhile Ajax prima enactment successful different ascendant show past nighttime arsenic the Reds overwhelmed Tottenham and powered into the Carabao Cup last with a 4-0 triumph astatine Anfield.

While the likes of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk predominate the headlines, Gravenberch has softly emerged arsenic an integral constituent of a Liverpool broadside that are starting to oculus an unprecedented quadruple.

The 22-year-old endured a hard archetypal play astatine Anfield but a alteration of presumption nether Arne Slot has seen the Netherlands planetary warrant the hype that surrounded him erstwhile helium joined Bayern Munich from Ajax.

‘It is truly absorbing arsenic they thought a batch of him erstwhile helium came in,’Carragher said of Gravenberch up of past night’s 2nd leg.

‘The reason Bayern Munich let him spell was due to the fact that they played a antithetic system. Liverpool played 4-3-3, helium was much of an attacking midfielder, helium would spell connected runs with his agelong legs.

‘When Liverpool tried retired players successful the six, helium was trialling them. They weren’t afloat definite of the thought – helium was helium was much attacking. I was truly intrigued, but I couldn’t spot however it would work.

‘The highest compliment I tin springiness him is helium would beryllium successful the moving for subordinate of the year, helium reminisces of Patrick Vieira, the agelong legs, moving done midfield. He has been a revelation.’

Rather than basking successful his latest success, meanwhile, Slot is already reasoning astir different contention up of this weekend’s FA Cup travel to Sky Bet Championship broadside Plymouth.

The Liverpool manager said: ‘It’s pleasant, though if you cognize maine a small bit, my thoughts are much connected Sunday already than reasoning astir the last successful the month.

‘Our show was thing that pleased me. Reaching a last should ever beryllium special, adjacent for this club, due to the fact that this nine is utilized to playing finals, but inactive we are moving precise hard each azygous time to effort to amended players and the players privation to amended themselves each azygous day.

‘But we’re besides successful this concern to play finals, though we cognize however hard the last is going to beryllium due to the fact that we faced Newcastle already and they were precise awesome yesterday arsenic well.

‘But determination are galore games to beryllium played earlier that last and this is wherever our absorption should beryllium at.’

Liverpool wholly dominated the crippled and won with small alarm with goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil Van Dijk, portion injury-hit Spurs hardly threatened.

Slot said: ‘Tottenham person truthful galore wounded problems, that’s astir apt the main crushed wherefore they are conceding goals.

‘But they are ever capable to people goals arsenic good and make a lot, truthful for america to beryllium truthful assertive without the shot that it took them 80 minutes earlier they had their archetypal changeable connected target, should archer you a batch astir our work-rate without the ball.’

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