Slot makes a statement after Florian Wirtz officially 'breaks his duck'

At last, the costly newcomer Florian Wirtz has opened his Liverpool account in the Premier League with a goal against Wolves, and manager Arne Slot is confident that his protégé will net many additional goals.

Recently, despite being heavily favored, Liverpool struggled to overcome Wolves thanks to goals from Gravenberch and Florian Wirtz. The German international finally found his first Premier League goal for Liverpool.

According to Arne Slot, he believes this goal is just the beginning for Wirtz after a period of doubt and criticism: "I think this goal will definitely relieve some pressure off Florian Wirtz. The burden has been completely lifted. You can see this through his reaction after scoring and I also noticed the same from Wirtz's teammates.

I believe they are truly happy to see Wirtz score his first goal for Liverpool. In football, at any stage, teams are primarily judged by results and individuals mostly by their goals and assists.

Sometimes we tend to forget other tasks in a match. I think he has had many good games for us even without scoring or assisting. Moreover, I feel Florian Wirtz improves with every match and grows stronger. That is certain and shows Wirtz understands what he needs.

So, his scoring today doesn’t surprise me, but perhaps Wirtz himself knows one goal is not enough. He will score many more for us, not just this one. That I am sure of."

Liverpool conceded from a set-piece in the second half and Arne Slot was dissatisfied with his team’s performance in the latter half. The Dutch coach’s view was: "I am not happy with Liverpool’s display in the second half. I think if you lead 2-0 at halftime, you expect the next 45 minutes to be very different. In football, a single goal can completely change the course of the game.

That’s why I felt very frustrated and annoyed when a goal against Man City was disallowed because we struggled in that match—perhaps as much as we did against Wolves today. This is definitely what you saw today. It’s not that after leading 2-1 we lost control of the ball, but the game became much more balanced. Liverpool must immediately eliminate this mindset and style of play."