Overview
- Wirtz delivered the winner in Liverpool’s 2–1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers for his first Premier League goal.
- Arne Slot said Wirtz has been getting better and fitter with each match and called the goal unsurprising given his trajectory.
- Sportbild reports four goal contributions in Wirtz’s last six competitive games, reflecting a steady rise in influence.
- Club and media accounts attribute the improvement to targeted strength work and acclimation to the Premier League’s pace and physicality.
- Wayne Rooney now likens Wirtz’s adaptation to Bastian Schweinsteiger’s, while Lothar Matthäus says the strike was important but not a definitive breakthrough; recent analyses also note a larger creative role during Mohamed Salah’s absence.