Liverpool was defeated on Sunday by Crystal Palace in the Community Shield, and new signing sessions Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike showed their contempt for the number two
The new era of Liverpool started with a hiccup on Sunday, because they lost the community shield against Crystal Palace. However, the reaction of new signing sessions Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike to their number two must encourage fans.
After the medals were divided, Wirtz was observed to remove his consolation price almost immediately. Ekitike was also seen who held his medal instead of wearing it while he descended the stairs from the presentation area in Wembley.
Consider Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Curtis Jones, Andy Robertson, Harvey Elliott, the Milos Kerkez, and Alisson was all spotted with their medals, it was a clear visual indication of the Premier-computation associated with the no-desire of the management and have no wish to go and have a no-desire.
Ekitike electrified Wembley by scoring an early goal for the Reds before Jean-Philippe Mateta equalized for the Eagles from the place. Another of the newcomers of Liverpool, Jeremie Frimpong, put the team of Arne Slot in the lead after 20 minutes and benefited from their early dominance.
A matte second half from Liverpool, however, had Palace signed level again via Ismaila Sarr. After full-time, a penalty shootout followed where Liverpool fell 3-2 because of a number of excellent keepers from Dean Henderson of Palace.
Liverpool considered Wirtz's acquisition as a game changer, and his first half performance showed exactly why the Reds spoke a British record £ 116 million to bring him from Bayer Leverkusen. But with such a power comes a unique state of mind that Liverpool will have been just as much to acquire.
The German has made no secret about what drives him: win everything. When signing for the club in June, Wirtz admitted that he is coming for the biggest prizes of the game, which shows why a number two means very little for him.
“I would like to win everything every year,” said the 22-year-old. “First of all we have to do our work,” said Wirtz, whose shirt number will be announced later in the summer.
“They last season [Liverpool] Won the Premier League, so my goal can certainly be won again and also to continue in the Champions League. I am really ambitious. “
Ekitike also reflected the sentiment after his unveiling. The French attacker made it clear that, despite the status of Liverpool as Premier League champions, there is no room for resting on laurels.
“It is clear that Liverpool is already at the top, but we still have things to achieve,” said Ekitike. “That's why we want to be the best and have to improve every season to achieve the success.”
Speaking after the game, Slot refused to press the panic button, with the first match of the Reds of the Premier League season on Friday evening, against Bournemouth, quickly approaching.
“In the entire preseason we saw that we can create more opportunities, we may even dominate more opportunities,” said Slot. “Now we are better at creating and getting promising situations than we were in the entire season, but it is also true that we have admitted two against it [Athletic Club] Bilbao and two again today.
“We must be more defensive,” the Dutch coach admitted. “It is of course disappointing, if you go in front and you can't win the game.”
He also reminded his players of the elevated standards of the club and added: “We are Liverpool, the pressure is always on. Even if we bring in 10 players, or no players inside, there is always busy when you wear a Liverpool shirt.”