Overview
- Ryan Gravenberch was absent from Liverpool’s Community Shield squad after becoming a father on August 9.
- His straight red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity at Anfield in May now carries a one-match suspension into the new Premier League season.
- The Football Association declined to extend his ban to other domestic competitions, confining it solely to league fixtures.
- He will serve the suspension by missing Liverpool’s opening match against Bournemouth on August 15.
- Gravenberch is slated to return to contention for the trip to Newcastle United on August 25.