Florian Wirtz opens up on his experience of being on the wrong side of a 4-0 drubbing at Anfield.
Liverpool’s newest signing Florian Wirtz was lined up against Liverpool last season, only to bear witness to one of The Reds’ best European performances of the campaign. Liverpool trotted out 4-0 that night, easily dispatching the German champions.
The experience stuck with Wirtz, and was one of the factors for him wanting to join The Reds.
“It was really tough to play here,” Wirtz told the club’s official website, “I was still thinking about the game when I spoke to the coach or the other guys. It was an example [of] how it can be here. As I said, it was really hard, we lost 4-0 and we had to run so much and lost almost every duel. I just wanted to be part of this team.
“Of course I know that the fans are unbelievable. I also saw the parade and after the championship. At the game I didn’t listen too much to the fans because we were struggling on the pitch! But I’m really looking forward to playing in the stadium for the fans. It will be exciting.”
After the match, some Bayer Leverkusen supporters put out the laughable accusation that Liverpool had been pumping crowd noise through the loudspeakers during the match. Wirtz clearly had a different impression from the events.