Liverpool legend gives alternative Florian Wirtz view amid bizarre Mohamed Salah claims

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Barnes though has offered up an alternative view on Wirtz, and insists that he has been playing well, with Liverpool trying to adjust to his methods. Asked whether he thinks Wirtz will come good at Liverpool, Barnes told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast: “I think he will because, in fact, he has been doing okay.

Florian Wirtz is yet to make a goal contribution for Liverpool in the Premier League (Image: Getty Images) “But I think that is because the team hasn’t been consistent and we’re looking at him as part of that inconsistency. “But in terms of when he’s on the ball and what he does, I think he’s been very good.

The problem we have is that before when we’re a team who pass the ball much quicker, get the ball forward quicker. “Now we’re having many more touches in midfield, many more touches up front, which means that when teams get back behind the ball with 10 men, and we’re having Wirtz or [Hugo] Ekitike who is a good dribbler, it’s difficult to get through them as you saw against Man City.