Jurgen Klopp plays down injury fears over Ryan Gravenberch after Liverpool’s new \u00a335m midfielder limped off on his debut in 3-1 victory against LASK<\/h1>\n

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• But Reds boss Jurgen Klopp isn’t concerned after speaking to the 21-year-old<\/strong><\/li>\n
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  Jurgen Klopp has calmed fears that Ryan Gravenberch could be set for a spell on the side-lines after limping off injured in Liverpool’s Europa League group stage win on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

  The midfielder moved to Anfield in a \u00a335m summer switch from Bayern Munich and was handed his first start as the Reds came from behind to beat LASK 3-1 in Austria.<\/p>\n

  Gravenberch starred in his midfield pivot role and provided the assist for Luis Diaz’s second-half goal that handed the visitor’s the lead for the first time in the match.<\/p>\n

  However, there was concern from Liverpool supporters when they saw the 21-year-old Dutchman cautiously edging his way off while being substituted, however, Klopp insists the issue was only cramp and not a serious problem.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

  ‘(He played) very good, he told me he had cramp so that makes sense,’ said the Liverpool manager on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

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  Jurgen Klopp (middle) has calmed injury fears over Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch (middle left)<\/p>\n

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  The 21-year-old received treatment before limping off in the 71st minute on Thursday evening<\/p>\n

  ‘It was his first start for a while I think and he did really well. For a long time he was the best player on the pitch and in the first-half frustration grew a little bit and you saw him getting lost a little bit, you know, “where is he?”.<\/p>\n

  ‘But that’s normal these things happen but he stayed in the game as long as he could and had really good moments, set up a good goal for Luis Diaz and for not knowing a lot about his team-mates it looked pretty tuned,’ added Klopp.<\/p>\n

  Liverpool went behind early on in their first Europa League outing since losing in the final against Sevilla in 2016 during Klopp’s first season in charge.<\/p>\n

  Wholesale changes during the seven-years since then means not one player that started that game featured for Liverpool on Thursday as they embark on their silverware campaign in Europe’s second-tier cup competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

  Gravenberch was handed his first start for the Premier League giants after making his debut as a substitute in Liverpool’s weekend win over Wolves.<\/p>\n

  His last start prior to that came in a 2-1 Bundesliga win for Bayern Munich against Koln on the final day of last season where he was hooked by Thomas Tuchel after 71 minutes.<\/p>\n

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  Klopp revealed that Gravenberch was suffering from cramp before second-half substitution<\/p>\n

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