Florian Wirtz is still without a goal or assist in the Premier League, but shines against West Ham. The fans voted him player of the match, the media gave him top marks – and most importantly: the coach raves about him.
Alexander Isak was celebrated at FC Liverpool because he scored for his new club in the Premier League for the first time in the win against West Ham United (2-0). In the shadow of the Swede’s premiere, Florian Wirtz also played more than decently and was voted player of the match by the club’s fans.
The strong performance of the German international was also well received by the English press. “Florian Wirtz showed his by far best performance in a Liverpool shirt this season,” says a report in the Daily Mail .
Florian Wirtz plays great in the win against West Ham
His teammates missed several good assists, and he didn’t hit a promising finish optimally. He also had his feet in the game with Isak’s goal.
Slot by impressed Wirtz
“A positive, very positive performance from Florian,” said his coach Arne Slot, who was also very satisfied.
“He was very important to us. He was very good at dribbling, really good at his one-touch balls. I remember a moment when he played the ball diagonally to Cody Gakpo, which didn’t lead to a shot on goal, so no xG value. But we had many such moments, and he was part of it. So a good game from him,” the Dutchman explained.
He didn’t make the substitution of Wirtz in the 75th minute for performance reasons. “The supervisors kept telling me: ‘He has to come out’ – because he had been out for one and a half to two weeks and had only trained once,” Slot revealed, who ordered Wirtz directly into the starting eleven after his break of two games: “So in a way it was perhaps a risk to let him continue playing, but some situations require exceptions, and today was one of them.”
Wirtz was also rewarded with good grades in the media for his game against West Ham. The Daily Mail rated him as the best player of the Reds with eight out of ten points, the Mirror gave the same score to two other players besides Wirtz. The well-known fan portal This is Anfield also made Wirtz the player of the match with eight out of ten points.
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