Gary Neville tells Liverpool struggler to ‘sort himself out’

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I want to put a rocket up him because there’s ability there, there’s talent there, the understanding of his position.’ He added: ‘Wirtz, he needs to sort himself out. He’s young and he’s come to a different country – and I’m all for willing him on.

Gary Neville feels Isak and Wirtz must step up to the plate (Picture: PA Wire) ‘I can see a real player there, but can’t keep watching this stuff and he’s been subbed after an hour and they need a goal, but they’re 2-1 down, so no that’s not right.’ The former full-back suggested that Wirtz and Isak would benefit from the German playing in a more advanced position, feeling that he drops deep and drifts wide too much. Sometimes I don’t think he’s close enough to his striker, I don’t think he understands where the game’s going to be won and lost,’ Neville said of Wirtz.

And I don’t see him combining with Isak. ‘I just feel like Wirtz has got to think about being involved in the build-up less and think about being a second striker. He’s got to think about his output and what he needs to do, and that is feed Isak with little passes down the side of centre-backs.