Liverpool international round-up: Florian Wirtz 'problems', Cody Gakpo good, Gravenberch absent

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Florian Wirtz, for instance, scored a sensational free-kick for Germany, but the national media in his homeland were generally unimpressed by his performance, claiming that he has "lost his joy" since moving to Liverpool.

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Liverpool and Germany playmaker Florian Wirtz has experienced a quiet start to the season.

He came up against Wirtz with both Liverpool players deployed on the same side of the field.

Elsewhere, Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo both played the full game as the Netherlands won 3-2 against Lithuania, with Ryan Gravenberch sitting the contest out — no bad thing for Liverpool as he got a rest

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Gakpo had set up the opener, and Quinten Timber doubled the lead, but Lithuania had leveled things up by half-time.

Gakpo hit the crossbar after the interval and Depay scored a third for his side, with the Netherlands sitting top of their qualifying group, having played a game less than Poland in second