{"id":40155,"date":"2026-01-30T13:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/this-is-how-football-works-arne-slott-sends-a-message-to-florian-wirths-after-a-difficult-moment\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:04:40","slug":"this-is-how-football-works-arne-slott-sends-a-message-to-florian-wirths-after-a-difficult-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/this-is-how-football-works-arne-slott-sends-a-message-to-florian-wirths-after-a-difficult-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is how football works\u201d \u2013 Arne Slott sends a message to Florian Wirths after a difficult moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/this-is-how-football-works-arne-slott-sends-a-message-to-florian-wirths-after-a-difficult-moment\/#Arne_Slott_brings_in_Florian_Wirths_after_a_string_of_bad_luck_in_front_of_Liverpools_goal\" >Arne Slott brings in Florian Wirths after a string of bad luck in front of Liverpool&#8217;s goal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/this-is-how-football-works-arne-slott-sends-a-message-to-florian-wirths-after-a-difficult-moment\/#Will_Florian_Wirtz_have_a_successful_season_at_Liverpool\" >Will Florian Wirtz have a successful season at Liverpool?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Florian Wirtz reacts after Liverpool&#8217;s loss to Bournemouth (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool manager Arne Slott has sent a message to Florian Wirths, who had a tough time against Bournemouth and bounced back against Qarabag.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s press conference, Slott was asked about Mohamed Salah&#8217;s goal in midweek&#8217;s Champions League win, but instead focused on Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds manager spoke about how small moments can quickly change things in football, including missing a narrow chance in the loss to Bournemouth but scoring in similar circumstances in the win over Qarabag.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arne_Slott_brings_in_Florian_Wirths_after_a_string_of_bad_luck_in_front_of_Liverpools_goal\"><\/span>Arne Slott brings in Florian Wirths after a string of bad luck in front of Liverpool&#8217;s goal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s always about the team and the team has to make sure he&#8217;s in a good position,&#8221; Slott said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s something we&#8217;re doing more and more, not just with him, but with a lot of players. I think we&#8217;ve said this a lot lately, but our game between the boxes is often enough for our attackers to be in good enough positions, good enough promising positions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know, if this happens over and over again, our players are of such high quality that they will do what we expect them to do.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liverpool&#8217;s Florian Wirtz in action (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou were talking about Mo, but Florian could also be a good example. He was in the exact same position three minutes before the end of the game against Bournemouth as he was when we scored 2-0 (against Qarabag).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Bournemouth he decided to play a through ball, but now he has gone for his own chance and scored a goal. That&#8217;s how football sometimes happens: the ball hits the post, the ball hits the bar. Sometimes he makes the wrong decision, sometimes the execution isn&#8217;t perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I was really happy and happy that Mo scored that goal, because no matter how many goals he scores for this club, I think it&#8217;s always good to stay on the scoresheet, like it was for Federico[Chiesa]and Florian. It always gives a little bit of confidence not only for the team but also for the individual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_Florian_Wirtz_have_a_successful_season_at_Liverpool\"><\/span>Will Florian Wirtz have a successful season at Liverpool?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t been the easiest start to life at Anfield for Wirtz, but Slott continues to show his faith in him and fans looking to get their hands on last-minute tickets for Liverpool vs. Newcastle can certainly expect the German international to start if he attends the game.<\/p>\n<p>Wirtz in particular has taken some time to work on his final product, but he has improved recently, with the 22-year-old now having five goals and three assists in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Those five goals came in the past 10 games, and Wirtz looks to turn things around at just the right time.<\/p>\n<p>Slott clearly has a lot of faith in him so it will be interesting to see what kind of impact he can make against Newcastle this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florian Wirtz reacts after Liverpool&#8217;s loss to Bournemouth (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images) Liverpool manager Arne Slott has sent a message to Florian Wirths, who had a tough time against Bournemouth and bounced back against Qarabag. In today&#8217;s press conference, Slott was asked about Mohamed Salah&#8217;s goal in midweek&#8217;s Champions League win, but instead focused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-40155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}