"Even though he hasn't scored any goals, he is still the player who creates the most chances in the Premier League," "It's not his fault if his team-mates don't convert them, and the statistics don't even tell the whole story. "Wirtz needs to get used to the league. I saw him playing with total freedom. He knows what he's capable of and how things work. "He hasn't always had it easy he'll have to work hard now too."
"His quality is so outstanding," "The discussions are a bit exaggerated. "Liverpool just lost three games in a row, which is unusual. But that's also normal in life. And that's why such things are discussed there. "[Wirtz is] a once-in-a-century talent, and at some point he'll show that in every game again, just as he did at Leverkusen."
Florian Wirtz, 22, has yet to record a goal or assist since his £116m move from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool in June, but he has created more chances (21) than any other player in the Premier League so far this season, according to Opta. Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann defended Wirtz, noting his chance creation, freedom on the pitch and the need to adapt to a new league while teammates convert chances. Jurgen Klopp called the criticism exaggerated, praised Wirtz's outstanding quality and labelled him a once-in-a-century talent likely to regain consistent form. Wirtz will next play for Germany in a World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.
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