Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann and former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp both defended Florian Wirtz's underwhelming start to Premier League life.

Wirtz joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen in a then-club record £116 million ($154m) deal in the summer.

Since moving to Anfield, Wirtz has struggled to command games in the same way he did at Leverkusen, where he starred during an unbeaten Bundesliga -winning season under Xabi Alonso.

The German midfielder was dropped to the bench by Arne Slot for Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea before the international break.

Despite his difficult start to life at Anfield, Wirtz has remained a mainstay in Nagelsmann's Germany squad and scored a stunning free-kick in the win over Northern Ireland in September, as well as full 90 minut

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