The Liverpool No.7 featured for his nation for 73 minutes in their 2-1 defeat at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.Germany - who had already qualified for the next phase as Group E winners - opened the scoring in the second minute via Leroy Sane's low strike, with Wirtz providing a clever pass to find his teammate inside the area.Ecuador, however, equalised quickly to level through Nilson Angulo, before Gonzalo Plata’s match-winning strike in the 77th minute provided the difference.Germany will now move to the knockout stage and play their last-32 outing on Monday in Boston.

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Liverpool's Florian Wirtz recorded an assist for Germany against Ecuador during their final World Cup group stage fixture on Thursday.

World Cup: Florian Wirtz assists for Germany against Ecuador

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