James Pearce praises Ryan Gravenberch performance v Southampton

Mo Salah was the decisive determine in Liverpool’s win over Southampton at the moment, though James Pearce was eager to single out one in every of his teammates for reward after the consequence at St Mary’s.

The Reds stretched their lead on the prime of the Premier League to eight factors however they have been compelled to do it the onerous approach, having been 2-1 behind with simply 25 minutes remaining on the south coast.

The Egyptian netted the equaliser at that juncture as he utilized the completion from a sublime long-range pass from Ryan Gravenberch, whose total efficiency received acclaim from followers and media alike.

Pearce praises Gravenberch

Posting on X after the rollercoaster conflict at St Mary’s, Pearce highlighted the Dutch midfielder’s contribution to Liverpool’s sixteenth victory in 18 matches underneath Arne Slot.

The Athletic journalist tweeted: “Salah the match-winner however Gravenberch additionally deserves huge reward. So good once more at the moment.”

Salah the match-winner however Gravenberch additionally deserves huge reward. So good once more at the moment.

— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) November 24, 2024

Gravenberch was sensible once more for Liverpool

We’re 100% in settlement with Pearce right here – Liverpool’s quantity 38 was certainly magnificent towards Southampton, simply as he has been all season.

The standout second was clearly that fantastic help for Salah, and in preserving his document of taking part in every Premier League minute within the present marketing campaign, he delivered one other great efficiency.

As per Sofascore, the 22-year-old accomplished 74 of his 80 passes (93%) and each of his dribbles, received 5 of his seven duels (second-most of any Reds participant), made two interceptions and executed three key passes. He had 93 touches of the ball in whole this afternoon and misplaced possession solely 9 occasions, too.

It attests to Gravenberch’s renaissance this season that he’s already began as many Premier League matches this time period as he did in the entire of 2023/24, and he’s simply 42 minutes away from matching his top-flight game-time from his first marketing campaign in England (WhoScored).

On the proof of at the moment’s efficiency, and people since August, he’ll proceed to be one of many first names on Slot’s workforce sheet each single week.