Florian Wirtz's Liverpool career looks set to take off after impressive back-to-back performances (Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

It was testament to Florian Wirtz's early months at Liverpool that even his great moment of lift-off came with caveats. The slaloming run that ended with an equaliser when the Reds most needed it against Sunderland on Wednesday evening came with an asterisk that marked it down, officially, as an own goal via Nordi Mukiele.

That's sort of how it's been for Wirtz so far during his fledgling career with the Premier League champions; even when he is bold and decisive, it is not reflected in the bricks and mortar of football metrics.

The official statistics, then, will tell us that the German has yet to open his account for Liverpool following hi

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