Liverpool star Ryan Gravenberch quickly humiliates Reds team-mate on international duty

Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch shared a hug earlier Hungary faced the Netherlands successful the UEFA National League connected Friday - but the Liverpool brace soon went to war

The UEFA Nations League lucifer betwixt Hungary and the Netherlands kicked disconnected with a affable clasp betwixt Liverpool teammates Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch, who were opponents for the day.

But past conscionable six minutes in, Gravenberch showcased his skills with a slick roulette past Szoboszlai, leaving the Hungarian skipper shaking his caput astatine what his nine team-mate had conscionable done.

The crippled astatine Budapest's Ferenc Puskas Stadium ended successful a 1-1 gully connected what was an eventful nighttime for Liverpool players, with Roland Sallai netting for Hungary earlier Denzel Dumfries equalised for the Dutch from Reds prima Cody Gakpo's set-piece. Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk had earlier been shown a reddish card, ruling him retired of Monday's clash against Germany.

Van Dijk, Gakpo, and Gravenberch are cardinal figures successful Ronald Koeman's Dutch squad, with Gravenberch taking connected a much elder relation pursuing his fantabulous commencement to the play for Liverpool.

The lucifer marked his 15th headdress for his country, having been a mainstay successful the Dutch midfield during his breakout spell astatine Ajax nether Erik Ten Hag.

Following his summertime 2023 determination to Liverpool and rejecting a call-up to the Dutch under-21s, he's had an awesome commencement to the 2024-25 Premier League season.

The Liverpool midfielder has breached backmost into the Dutch setup, starting each of his side's archetypal 7 league games and helping Liverpool unafraid 18 retired of 21 imaginable points. Upon his instrumentality to the nationalist squad successful September, manager Koeman shared immoderate intriguing thoughts connected the 23 twelvemonth old's turnaround with Dutch outlet AD.

"We person ever seen a batch of imaginable successful Ryan," said Koeman. "Many people, including myself, believed that helium could amended his attraction and flooded his laziness."

"It was excessively casual for him erstwhile helium was younger. It seems – we are talking astir 2 matches present – that helium realises what is required successful the midfield of Liverpool successful the Premier League. That is the reality. If a subordinate is fixed the spot oregon the chance, that tin beryllium the propulsion successful the close direction."

Responding to his nationalist squad manager, Gravenberch told De Telegraaf: "It's not nonsense; everyone has their ain opinion. People accidental astir maine that I'm a spot nonchalant. That's conscionable successful me. Now I person that nonchalance too, but radical don't truly speech astir it, due to the fact that things are going good astatine Liverpool."

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