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Florian Wirtz Finally scored his first goal liverpool He orchestrated a 2-1 Premier League win over a bottom side, with an uncomfortable result Wolves.
A week after recording his first league assist, Germany The international was denied his first goal against Sunderland three weeks ago due to a disallowed own goal, but has gone up a notch as he has contributed to three consecutive league wins.
Inevitably, there will still be some critics who feel that a goal against a team that is yet to win this season and has lost 11 games in a row is somehow of less value, but the £116million summer signing’s all-round performance points to a greater contribution.
The 22-year-old set up Hugo Ekitic to hit the post with a lovely through-ball early on, letting the striker back and showing composure and control that epitomized his work between the centre-backs, getting the ball out of his feet and poking it under Jose Sa.
Just 89 seconds after Wirtz’s former Bayer Leverkusen teammate Jeremy Frimpong opened the scoring Ryan GravenburchDiogo Jota erupted in crocodile celebrations for the late striker’s first two sides on an emotional afternoon.
Jota’s two children – Dinis and Duarte – plus several other young family members were also present in the pre-match demo line-up, with one son walking out with Virgil van Dijk and another with Sa, as their mother Root looked on from the sidelines.
It was an emotional moment for both teams, with visiting fans paying tribute to their former player, who died in a car crash in July along with his brother Andre Silva. In the 18th minute, Anfield rose in his memory, and as the clock ticked to 20 minutes, it was the number on his now-retired Liverpool shirt.
Wirtz continued to pull the strings just after half-time, firing a shot into the side netting from a corner kick.
However, Wolves took advantage of Liverpool’s weakness at set pieces at this point and pulled a goal back through Hugo Bueno.
That made things even more uncomfortable for Liverpool, who largely played in Wolves’ final third in the first half.
Alexis Mac Allister struck the same post as Ekitike before Frimpong broke past Joao Gomes and Bueno to the line, cutting in for Gravenberch to fire home low.
The cheers were louder just over a minute later when Wirtz scored with a quality shot.
Seven minutes from half-time, however, Alisson Becker bounced past Ibrahima Konate and Bueno, who converted the rebound, could only parry a header from Tolu Arokodare, whose aerial threat was a problem.
The goal reopened the mental scars from their last goal against Tottenham Hotspur which led to a chaotic end to the game, and when Akodare headed home again, alarm bells began to ring.
Anfield became even more nervous as they saw a team that had failed to win in their previous 18 Premier League games finish the game stronger with Conor Bradley’s perfectly timed tackle denying Jhon Arias’ late equalizer.