{"id":131952,"date":"2025-05-26T00:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131952\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T00:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:49:10","slug":"liverpool-dealt-early-blow-for-title-defence-next-season-with-key-player-set-to-miss-multiple-games-after-summer-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131952\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool dealt early blow for title defence next season with key player set to miss MULTIPLE games after summer break"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s Premier League title defence for next season is off to a rocky start\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong><b>That&#8217;s because one star has already picked up a suspension for the campaign<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>LISTEN NOW:<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\"> It&#8217;s All Kicking Off! <\/a>Should Oliver Glasner leave Palace for Spurs?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-744\/Luke-Power-sport-author.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LUKE POWER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  20:08 EDT, 25 May 2025   |  Updated:  20:10 EDT, 25 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e7a13050-39c0-11f0-af38-f11a60b36920\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> will begin their <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e7efc580-39c0-11f0-af38-f11a60b36920\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> title defence without one important star after he picked up a suspension on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Reds lifted their second Premier League title after a 1-1 draw with <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/crystal-palace\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e796a900-39c0-11f0-af38-f11a60b36920\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Palace<\/a> at Anfield, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14748315\/Trent-Alexander-Arnold-goodbye-Liverpool-Premier-League.html\" rel=\"noopener\">waving goodbye to Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was far from a vintage performance, but <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mohamed-salah\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e7d69830-39c0-11f0-af38-f11a60b36920\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> got back on the scoresheet and the home crowd were in high spirits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, one player has made the start of the next campaign slightly harder after picking up a straight red card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ryan-gravenberch\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e7e1e2d0-39c0-11f0-af38-f11a60b36920\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> was handed a red for fouling Daichi Kamada on the halfway line to stop a counter-attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Liverpool midfielder was the last man and stopped Kamada in his tracks with a high challenge after 68 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1e01079c48f5897f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98743661-14748817-image-a-7_1748217923991.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ryan Gravenberch will miss the first three games of next season after being given a straight red card for this challenge on Daichi Kamada\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ryan Gravenberch will miss the first three games of next season after being given a straight red card for this challenge on Daichi Kamada\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-610c0c47994d9bd9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98743683-14748817-image-a-8_1748217952050.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Liverpool star was given his marching orders in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Liverpool star was given his marching orders in Sunday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-307a0d9ce4ca8f23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98743647-14748817-image-a-9_1748217975248.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"He still got in on the celebrations as Liverpool lifted their second Premier League title\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">He still got in on the celebrations as Liverpool lifted their second Premier League title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He had already been on a yellow for simulation but, after being handed a straight red, is set to miss the first three games of next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That will exclude the Community Shield, Mail Sport understands, and will therefore impact the first three games of their title defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This was Gravenberch&#8217;s first sending-off in the Premier League. The 23-year-old has enjoyed an improved campaign at Anfield which has seen him become a midfield fulcrum for Arne Slot, playing all bar one of the side&#8217;s Premier League games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Liverpool do not yet know who their first few opponents will be as the Premier League 2025-26 fixtures will only be released on June 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gravenberch is likely to return to a changed Liverpool side after Slot hinted that the Reds will have a &#8216;big summer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The manager said: &#8216;It would be weird if I played completely differently because we have just won the league, but we have to adapt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You always have to try to become better. We have to improve with these players and if there is a possibility to strengthen with the other players too. Next season the competition will be better as well.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ryan-gravenberch\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Gravenberch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Liverpool dealt early blow for title defence next season with key player set to miss MULTIPLE games after summer break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Premier League title defence for next season is off to a rocky start\u00a0 That&#8217;s because one star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,92,393,94,4884,179,12406,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-131952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-ryan-gravenberch","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114571389607167653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}