Florian Wirtz was cruelly denied his first Liverpool goal in the Reds’ 1-1 draw at home to Sunderland. The £116million summer signing thought he had picked the perfect moment to net his first goal

FLORIAN Wirtz thought he had broken his Liverpool duck in their 1-1 draw with Sunderland. The German showed great feet to weave his way into the box in the 81st minute before watching his

Florian Wirtz was denied his first Premier League goal for Liverpool against Sunderland but he was the star man for Arne Slot's side in the 1-1 draw in the Premier League

Florian Wirtz shrugged off the disappointing news that his first Liverpool goal had not been awarded to him. The £116.5million summer signing appeared to finally score for the Reds in their 1-1

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

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.

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.