Arne Slot gets Florian Wirtz encouragement from Liverpool hero before injury blow

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Peter Crouch believes the international break will have helped Florian Wirtz as he continues to try to find his feet at Liverpool. Wirtz has endured a slow start to life at Anfield since his blockbuster transfer from Bayer Leverkusen over the summer, but he showed his class in Germany's 6-0 win over Slovakia on Monday.

The 22-year-old assisted both of Leroy Sane's goals with a pair of brilliant passes, and former Liverpool star Peter Crouch hopes that his international exploits can help to kickstart Wirtz's Liverpool career. "He’s trying certain things in a game that are hard, so he will lose the ball.

If you get down about that or are disheartened, then you’ll struggle as a player." Unfortunately for Wirtz, he won't get the chance to continue his good form this weekend as he has been ruled out of Liverpool's meeting with Nottingham Forest through injury. "Florian should be able to play after [Forest], it depends on what happens after, but that shouldn’t be that long.