‘To be honest…’ – Ryan Gravenberch calls out full-time boos at Anfield in plea to Liverpool fans

The midfielder told TNT Sports: “To be honest, we need them behind us. I think what they do is, OK we don’t win, but I think we don’t really deserve this, you know.

“I think fans have to be behind us for 90 minutes, because I think it was second half, when they went behind us, we pressed [Chelsea] really [well]. Hopefully in the next few games they won’t do the same  [booing].”

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Liverpool fans are remarkably patient – the team needs to respond

We agree with Gravenberch’s call for a united front for the games against Aston Villa and Brentford as the race for Champions League qualification goes to the wire, but his protestations about the full-time booing today mightn’t be well received.

Match-going Liverpool fans have been very patient throughout this nightmare of a season, even though they’ve made their displeasure known on a few occasions at Anfield, and any fan base would be volubly disgusted if their team had fallen so short of pre-season expectations.

The Dutchman was one of the Reds’ better performers this afternoon – in addition to his goal, he won five duels, completed two dribbles, made two tackles and executed two key passes (Sofascore).

LFC supporters will immediately get behind their team if they see maximum effort on the pitch, something which should be a given, so for them to be so vocal about registering their disgust is indicative of how awful the performances have been throughout the campaign.

It’s on Gravenberch and the players to show improvement in the next two matches, and hopefully we’ll once again see a demonstrable unity between the fans and the team at a time when the stakes remain sky-high for Liverpool.