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Arne Slot names Liverpool player who is just 'getting better and better' after difficult spell

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Liverpool secured a 2-0 win over Brighton on Saturday, with a number of players impressing across the 90 minutes.Hugo Ekitike earned plaudits from supporters after he netted both goals in the Anfield triumph.Stephen Warnock has praised Liverpool’s improvement as a squad, highlighting how they adapted to a difficult spell of pressure from the Seagulls.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say Mohamed Salah showed his true colours with his display off the bench as well before heading off to the AFCON on Monday.But it is another player whom Arne Slot has chosen to praise in the aftermath of the Brighton victory.Arne Slot highlights Florian Wirtz’s improvement after BrightonFlorian Wirtz arrived on Merseyside from Bayer Leverkusen for big money this past summer.However, Wirtz was heavily criticised in the media after what was a slow start to life in England.The German is yet to score his first goal for Liverpool, but Slot thinks he has just been getting better and better.Speaking in the aftermath of Saturday’s game, as per NBC Sports, he said: “The way he [Wirtz] handles the ball, how comfortable he is with that.



“I think he is also one of the players I mean when I say he is getting better and better. He was already very good when we signed him but he’s getting better and better.

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