"Extra special..." - Sky Sports man been wowed by what one Liverpool player has done

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But speaking on Monday Night Football on Sky Sports, with quotes provided by TEAMtalk, Carragher lauded the 23-year-old’s assist in the 2-1 win at Brentford last Saturday, but not for the pass to Victor Munoz: “[Wirtz] gets his assist here, and the assist is fantastic, not because of the pass, it’s from what comes before it. But you’ve got Kristoffer Ajer and he’s thinking normally what Brentford would do is jump in there (to close Wirtz down), but no, you’re a man down.

“He’s now aware where Ajer is and he’s got the space. “What makes this extra special now is the ball is passed, he checks his right shoulder, checks his left shoulder, and the ball is on him, and that first touch… the scanning and the first touch is the assist.

So the scanning, understanding the space he had, the left-foot touch was actually why he deserved the assist.” Is it time to stop talking about Florian Wirtz? Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola is clearly of that opinion, saying this during his pre-Villarreal press conference on Monday: “You ask me basically every day about him and we analyse and over scrutinise everything about him but when he does well also, it is fair to say.” Wirtz needs to do more to succeed at Anfield, but there’s still plenty to like about him, with no player creating more chances in the Premier League so far this season.