Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness slammed Liverpool for their role in Florian Wirtz's poor start to his Anfield career

As a result, Slot needs to find a way to get Salah, Isak and the free-flowing Wirtz on the same side and for it to work. Surely that should be a nice problem to have, given their world-class ability.

Sunderland at Anfield were everything West Ham at the London Stadium were not. Brave enough, good enough, confident enough to put this visibly fragile and uncertain Liverpool side under huge pressure from the start and sustaining it right into injury time before leaving with a 1-1 draw that was hard-earned and could so easily have been even more.

Arne Slot has endured a tougher second season in Liverpool than his first. / Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/ Bayern Munich’s honorary and outspoken president Uli Hoeneß tore into Liverpool, deriding the club’s summer transfer business and presenting an image of faux pity for Florian Wirtz,

Liverpool needed a late own goal to rescue a point after Sunderland threatened to pile even more pressure on head coach Arne Slot at Anfield. Sunderland took a deserved lead after 67 minutes when Chemsdine Talbi's 25-yard shot deflected off Virgil van Dijk and beyond the reach of Alisson.

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has said he has "no doubt" about the quality of teammate Florian Wirtz following his impressive display on Sunday.

Wirtz will need to be effective in sterner tests than the one provided by West Ham. Like Pires, Wirtz will need time and space and faith

LIVERPOOL midfielder Florian Wirtz finally came into his own against West Ham on Sunday. Almost six months on from his £116.5million move to Liverpool, the German is finally starting to somewhat