Joe Cole has described Liverpool duo Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz as a ‘scary’ double act and believes that they are going to get even higher as time progresses.
The duo arrived at Anfield final summer season in transfers which amounted to round £200m, they usually’ve loved an more and more efficient chemistry on the pitch in current weeks, with that in proof as soon as once more tonight through the Reds’ 4-1 win over Newcastle.
The Germany playmaker arrange the primary of the striker’s two targets earlier than half-time and later bought on the scoresheet himself with a second that Lucy Ward described as ‘pure class’.
Cole in awe of ‘scary’ Wirtz/Ekitike double act
Talking on punditry responsibility for TNT Sports activities after Liverpool’s first Premier League victory of 2026, Cole believes that the link-up between the pair is already a scary prospect for opposition defences and that it’ll grow to be much more devastating the extra that they play with each other.
The previous Reds winger mentioned (through BBC Sport): “Ekitike has hit the bottom operating, he’s been at it from the beginning. Ekitike and Wirtz seem like they take pleasure in enjoying collectively. The scary factor is that they’re going to get higher and higher. That is six months into the partnership.”
Wirtz and Ekitike have been deadly in tandem with one another
The duo have now mixed for six targets since Christmas, a positive signal that their on-field chemistry is bearing fruit frequently, and one can solely marvel what number of extra they’ll add to that checklist in the event that they each stay match and firing for the remainder of the season.
Whereas the Frenchman bought off the bottom rapidly when it comes to goalscoring at Liverpool, our quantity 7 needed to be affected person for his first purpose, however the famine has turned to feast over the previous month for the 22-year-old.
Ekitike and Wirtz now have 21 targets between them for the Reds, a greater than respectable return which is bound to continue to grow with every passing week, particularly given their present kind individually and collectively.
As Cole says, the extra that these two play collectively and improve their already intuitive understanding, the more practical they’ll grow to be for Arne Slot’s aspect, and that may solely be unhealthy information for the remainder of the Premier League within the weeks, months and years to return!
