Steven Gerrard was pleased to see Florian Wirtz score for Liverpool against Crystal Palace, but the Reds legend wants to see even more from him in the months to come

Steven Gerrard has praised Florian Wirtz after his goal and assist for Liverpool at Crystal Palace this weekend — with the Reds legend demanding "more" as the German kicks on.

Wirtz doubled the Liverpool lead at Selhurst Park and also teed up Alexander Isak for the Reds' third. It was an improved performance from him in terms of output, even though there is still much more to come from Andoni Iraola's expensively assembled front four.

"I think he’s playing with more confidence and more belief," Gerrard said on The Overlap, sponsored by Sky Bet. "He’s certainly contributing a bit more in terms of assists and his contribution in the final third. He seems to be playing with a little bit more freedom.

"It was Liverpool’s front line that won them the game in terms of the goals that they scored and produced. But without the goalkeeper, I think they could have had a lot more problems.

"Yesterday, Alisson was tremendous, back to his best. But yeah, all the forward players, you’ve got to praise them and give them credit, because if Liverpool don’t win that game, everyone looks to the front line.

"Bradley Barcola’s not doing it, Wirtz is not doing it, Alexander Isak hasn’t turned up. And you hear a lot of criticism. People jump on it quickly because of these price tags that they’re carrying.

"But they delivered yesterday. Barcola gets a nice assist for Wirtz, Isak gets his goal again, and it was lovely to see Wirtz get his first goal of the season.

"We need more now. We need more. Hopefully he can stay healthy and come back (from Germany duty) with more confidence and more belief, and keep doing it, keep getting your numbers."

Wirtz is likely to feature for Jurgen Klopp's Germany during the international break. It faces matches away in Serbia and is then at home to the Netherlands in Berlin.

He is now up to two goals and five assists in all competitions this term, which is a goal contribution almost every other game.

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"It was a good game from us. I'm really happy about the win. I think that's all that counts," Wirtz told Sky Sports after the game at Crystal Palace.

"I would say that we were just efficient in front of the goal. We didn't have so many clear chances. Maybe we did, I don't know, but it felt like we didn't have so many big chances.

"I think scoring three goals is always good. I think we defended also quite well. So, a good team performance."

Liverpool.com says: Wirtz has made bigger impacts in matches generally than he did at Selhurst Park without getting goals or assists. At Crystal Palace, though, he got onto the scoresheet. The more he does that, the less chatter around his performances there will be.