Florian Wirtz has confirmed Liverpool fans’ worst fears as Carragher calls him out over Man United display

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And as they take stock of another three points’ dropped, it may be time for fans to confront their fears and admit that his signing has been an expensive mistake for Liverpool.Carragher questions Wirtz after invisible Man United showingWithout Alexander Isak due to injury, and missing Mohamed Salah and Hugo Ekitike as well, the stage was set for Wirtz to step up and finally run a big game for Liverpool.However, as a frustrated Carragher told Sky Sports after full-time, the 23-year-old simply did what he has done throughout his first season in the Premier League: nothing.“We’ve really given him time, been very, very kind to him,” the Liverpool legend said. “Even if Liverpool play really well, it’s still Szoboszlai, and even at times Salah, he’s not been the Salah of last year, but he’s still been one of Liverpool’s best attackers.”READ MORE: Liverpool player ratings vs Man United as a valiant comeback is undone by 3/10 RedPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images“I saw Liverpool away at Burnley, and I described Florian Wirtz as ‘neat and tidy’, and I was trying to be kind then.

I wouldn’t describe him as anything different now, and he’s a year into his Liverpool career.”Wirtz may not be the answer for LiverpoolThere is mitigation for Wirtz’s stumbling’s during his first year at Liverpool, but patience is now rightly beginning to wear thin.Part of the issue has always been the No. 7’s physicality, and with United bullying Liverpool all over the pitch during the opening exchanges at Old Trafford, Carragher pointed out that Wirtz can be a diminutive player for the Reds, but perhaps he has to be the only one.“I think if you’ve got a player like that so small, doesn’t cover loads of ground, not the quickest, everyone around him needs to be able to run,” he said.

But you go back to Slot, and I don’t think he’ll see it like that, he wants technical players.”As they look at where to improve next season, Liverpool clearly need so much more from Wirtz. That point has not arrived, but the question is certainly legitimately being asked of whether Wirtz will ever succeed with the Reds.Just how bad was Wirtz against United?Neat and tidy is a good description of Wirtz, but for the money Liverpool paid for him, he simply has to be so much more than that.Against United, with Arne Slot initially playing him as the Reds’ central attacker, he had only two touches in the opposition area, and did not create anything at all.In terms of duels, Wirtz lost six out of nine, and even his pass completion rate – just 79% – was not good enough.It is for these types of games which Liverpool paid the money for Wirtz to make a difference in.