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Wirtz s assist +2 cleared away the gloom. He created 11 opportunities in 3 games in the Champions League and ranked third on the list.

12:42pm, 23 October 2025【Football】

On October 23, in the third round of the Champions League, Liverpool reversed a 5-1 away victory over Frankfurt. The new midfielder Wirtz, who had been ridiculed by fans from "0-0-7" all the way to "0-0-10", finally contributed directly to the goal in this game and performed a "double yolk egg" assist, clearing away the gloom.

After Wirtz joined Liverpool, he actually provided an assist for another new aid Ekitic in the 4th minute of the Community Shield. However, after that, he failed to directly participate in scoring in 10 consecutive games. This was in sharp contrast to his expensive price, and thus was questioned by many media voices.

Although during this period, his number of key passes and opportunities created almost topped the Premier League, his zero data still caused him to fall into the whirlpool of public opinion. In the most recent match between the Premier League and the Red Club, Wirtz was forced to sit on the bench.

However, he performed brilliantly after coming off the bench. In the end, more than half of Chiesa's assist to Gakpo's goal was actually attributed to Wirtz's ability to disentangle, but unfortunately he still did not get direct data.

Wiltz started the game in this game. In the 66th minute of the second half, he sent a very comfortable cross pass from the right. Gakpo scored in the middle and scored the Red Army's fourth goal of the game. In the 70th minute, Wirtz made a short horizontal pass in front of the penalty area, and Szoboszlai scored from a super long distance to the ground, setting the score at 5-1. Wirtz also opened his assist account for this game and successfully received 2 assists.

Objectively speaking, Szoboszlai's goal actually has little to do with the assister. It is a reflection of the Hungarian's own ability. However, Wirtz's contribution in this game obviously did not end there. He created 2 opportunities, made 4 key passes, and expected 0.56 assists. These are all single-game highs in his Red Army career.

The statistics after the game show that in the list of opportunities created in the Champions League so far this season, Wirtz ranks third with 11 times, second only to Mbappe (16 times) and Guler (13 times).

There is only one more embarrassing problem left. Wirtz's two assists occurred when Salah was not on the court. He appeared in the virtual right position, and the Pharaoh still stalled after coming on the court. Liverpool's "core replacement" project or the current dual-core coexistence still seems to have a long way to go.