Brentford 1-2 Liverpool: Florian Wirtz equals Sadio Mane record in playmaking masterclass

Florian Wirtz matched an all-time Liverpool Premier League grounds past achieved by Sadio Mane successful the Reds' 2-1 triumph implicit Brentford astatine the Gtech Community Stadium.

The Germany planetary retained his spot successful the starting lineup for the showdown with Keith Andrews's side, contempt coming successful for dense disapproval successful caller weeks.

Wirtz had failed to people oregon assistance successful 4 consecutive Premier League matches earlier Saturday's clash, though helium did acceptable up Bradley Barcola's 2nd extremity against LASK Linz successful the Champions League successful midweek.

The 23-year-old besides justified Andoni Iraola's religion successful him against Brentford, playing a perfectly-weighted done shot to Victor Munoz, earlier the Spaniard chopped wrong and equalised aft Keane Lewis-Potter's opener.

Wirtz did not negociate different extremity engagement successful the game, arsenic Barcola and Alexander Isak combined for Liverpool's winner, but helium nevertheless created a whopping 9 chances successful total.

Florian Wirtz matches Sadio Mane Liverpool grounds against Brentford

Florian Wirtz created NINE open-play chances against Brentford… The astir successful a azygous PL crippled successful the past six seasons ?? A deserved assistance to apical it disconnected ? https://t.co/v4LbrJiQxa

To date, nary Liverpool subordinate connected grounds - since information became disposable successful the 2003-04 play - has ever made much cardinal passes successful a azygous Premier League lucifer than Wirtz against Brentford connected Saturday.

However, the erstwhile Bayer Leverkusen antheral has not acceptable the outright grounds for Liverpool and is alternatively sharing a portion of past with Mane, who besides created 9 chances for Liverpool against Burnley successful January 2021.

Not since 2011 had a Premier League subordinate created truthful galore chances successful an distant game, though; Samir Nasri managed 10 for Manchester City against Tottenham Hotspur 15 years ago.

Wirtz besides recovered himself 3 cardinal passes abbreviated of matching the all-time grounds for the astir chances created successful 1 Premier League game, acceptable by Mesut Ozil for Arsenal against Sunderland successful 2017.

Nevertheless, the playmaker's cardinal walk masterclass marked a much-needed standout showing amid a hard commencement to beingness astatine Anfield successful wide since his blockbuster £116m determination from Leverkusen successful 2025.

9 - Florian Wirtz's 9 chances created from unfastened play against Brentford is the astir by a subordinate successful a Premier League crippled since Sadio Mané v Burnley successful January 2021 (9) and the astir by a subordinate successful an distant crippled since Samir Nasri v Spurs successful August 2011 (10). Progress. https://t.co/xyMIQP9y5p

Wirtz has present managed 20 nonstop extremity involvements successful 58 Liverpool games - 7 of his ain and 13 assists - and helium has acceptable up 3 goals successful 9 matches successful the 2025-26 season.

However, the 23-year-old is inactive awaiting his archetypal extremity of the play successful immoderate contention and has not recovered the backmost of the nett for Liverpool since April's 3-1 triumph implicit Crystal Palace.

What adjacent for Liverpool aft Brentford win?

Liverpool present person conscionable 2 afloat days to recuperate earlier hosting Villarreal successful the Champions League, portion their adjacent Premier League crippled comes astatine location to Brighton & Hove Albion adjacent Sunday.

Iraola is sweating connected 2 caller fittingness concerns for the clash with the Yellow Submarine, though, arsenic Dominik Szoboszlai came disconnected injured against Brentford earlier Jeremie Frimpong was besides withdrawn.