Arne Slot: Florian Wirtz has mental strength to be successful at Liverpool

The 21-year-old German international joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen in a 116-million-pound move, a deal that made him one of the most expensive signings in Premier League history.

Despite a quiet start in terms of numbers - Wirtz is yet to register a goal or assist - Slot insists the midfielder's mentality is perfectly suited for the high-pressure occasion.

Wirtz showed signs of settling into his new surroundings with his most encouraging performance to date in Wednesday's dramatic 3-2 Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid.

Slot pointed to that display as evidence of his growing influence and composure in decisive moments.

"I think to say that he's [only] an artist doesn't do him justice," said Slot.

"He is an artist, but he can be mean as well. Otherwise, you can't reach the levels he's reaching. He works incredibly hard here in this building to get better and better and better.

"So that mentality he has inside of him and you also see that mentality when he loses the ball once or twice. He's not going to hide, he wants the third one, he wants the fourth one. In general, it's not just about Florian, we have to play three games in seven days.

"And if you've watched what we did on Sunday and what we did on Wednesday, we are trying to manage to get them all fit through these three games because it's not a present that we got to play in the beginning of the season three games in seven days." 

READ MORE: Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim confirms Lisandro Martinez is nearing a return from injury