{"id":6682,"date":"2026-05-10T05:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T05:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2026-05-10T05:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T05:54:25","slug":"ryan-gravenberch-hits-back-at-liverpool-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6682","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Gravenberch hits back at Liverpool fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Gravenberch has hit back at Liverpool fans for booing the team today, saying he felt the players didn\u2019t deserve it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u>APPLE<\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands international was clearly not too pleased when he spoke after the game, saying that Liverpool\u2019s players will generally perform better with the crowd behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Watch below as Gravenberch gave his thoughts on the negative atmosphere inside Anfield today in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;He&#8217;s fantastic, I hope he can keep going like this&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gravenberch reflects on his goal, Liverpool&#8217;s draw with Chelsea and the talent of Rio Ngumoha ?<\/p>\n<p>?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julesbreach?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@julesbreach<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>? TNT Sports and HBO Max <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gf29viUrVs\">pic.twitter.com\/Gf29viUrVs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/2053110808469516795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Ryan Gravenberch says Liverpool don\u2019t \u201cdeserve\u201d boos<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, we need them behind us \u2026 okay, we don\u2019t win, but I think we don\u2019t really deserve this, you know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think fans have to be behind us like 90 minutes, because I think when it was the second half when they went behind us, we pressed them really, so we need that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully in the next few games they won\u2019t do this anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want more CaughtOffside coverage? Add us as a <\/i><\/b><b><i><span draggable=\"true\">preferred source on Google<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i>  to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool only have two Premier League games remaining now, in what has been a hugely disappointing season for the club.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what the Reds can come up with in their final fixtures to improve the mood of the fans, who are clearly not enjoying Arne Slot\u2019s brand of football right now.<\/p>\n<h2>Can Arne Slot win back Liverpool fans?<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arne Slot Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea post-match press conference in FULL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bA5AY_wzXIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Slot majorly over-achieved in his first season in charge of LFC, winning the Premier League title as both Manchester City and Arsenal suffered slightly disappointing campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, what we\u2019re seeing now is the kind of struggle that many would have expected from Slot after taking on the difficult job of replacing the legendary Jurgen Klopp.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories \/ <span class=\"topic\">Latest News<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1495\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COS-FeaturedHero-Image-Templates-62.jpg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-1658891 lazyload\" alt=\"Rodri and Pep Guardiola of Manchester City\" 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