Florian Wirtz bold Liverpool claim made after Julian Nagelsmann blunt comments - 'In time'

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So it is also difficult for Flo to make any real big impact."Ultimately, the overall situation is such that he just needs a little more time - which is normal and you see that with other players, who move to the English Premier League as well."It's a view shared by former Liverpool favourite Jason McAteer, who is convinced the criticism is impacting Wirtz, who has looked excellent in the Champions League but has yet to find his feet in the faster and more physical English top flight."I think Wirtz has found it difficult at Liverpool," said McAteer, who made 139 appearances for the Reds in the 1990s, notching six goals and 18 assists."He was a fantastic talent at Leverkusen, part of that team under Xabi Alonso. It's like because they paid £120m and he's a superstar, he's not allowed to play badly."Unfortunately it's not turned out that way.

So I understand why he's not in the team."But I thoroughly think, in time, he'd be one of the best players in the Premier League."Wirtz has yet to score or record an assist in the Premier League and he never looked like doing either during the miserable defeat at Man City, who effectively put the game to bed in a largely one-sided first half albeit one marred by a major VAR controversy.The loss leaves Arne Slot's defending champions eight points behind leaders Arsenal and four behind City in second.And McAteer, speaking to AceOdds.com, said: "Considering the result on Saturday for Arsenal (who drew 2-2 at Sunderland), I didn't feel the Man City game was a must-win for Liverpool. I know it's only a point for Arsenal but they're all important.

They need to find some consistency and it looks like he's gone a little bit back to the drawing board, after the results.""It was always going to be a big 10 days with Aston Villa, Man City and Real Madrid in the Champions League. And they just met a Man City team that Pep Guardiola, on his 1,000th game, found a way of playing against Liverpool."The 3-0, some people felt it flattered them but I thought it was a really good performance by City and they deserved it."The Reds return to action after the international break on Saturday, November 22 when they play host to Nottingham Forest.