Liverpool’s Wirtz out of Wolves game amid fixture pile up

Liverpool midfielder Florian Wirtz has been ruled out of Tuesday’s game at bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League but Dutch full-back Jeremie Frimpong is available, manager Arne Slot has said.

Wirtz, who suffered a back injury warming up ahead of last month’s visit to Nottingham Forest, missed the 5-2 home win over West Ham United on Saturday.

“I think that (Tuesday’s game) will be too early,” Slot told reporters on Monday with fifth-placed Liverpool targeting...