In the 4th round of Group A of the European Group Stage of the World Cup Qualifiers, Germany played away to Northern Ireland 1-0. In this game, Wirtz started and was replaced in stoppage time. He still failed to score a goal or assist. Since the beginning of the new season, there have been only 1 goal and 1 assist in 14 games (4 games for the national team and 10 games for the club).

After the game, the German media "Bild" gave Wirtz a 4-point score (1 is the best, 5 is the worst), and wrote in the comments: The new Liverpool player is still criticized. Although he performed very hard against Luxembourg, his state in the national team game is still worrying, and he failed to become a decisive force. When the opposing fans booed, Wirtz also made a small mistake and did not perform convincingly in the first half. He only sent a through pass to Adeyemi, but the latter failed to seize the opportunity.