0 duels won, only 5 touches: Liverpool starter has been utterly invisible vs Everton
Alexander Isak struggled to make any impact in the first half of Liverpool’s trip to Everton.The Sweden international was isolated for much of the first 45, registering only five touches as the Reds...
0 duels won, only 5 touches: Liverpool starter has been utterly invisible vs Everton Alexander Isak struggled to make any impact in the first half of Liverpool’s trip to Everton. The Sweden international was isolated for much of the first 45, registering only five touches as the Reds took a 1-0 lead via Mo Salah. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE!
ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY The Merseysiders pay a visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium in search of a valuable three points in their bid to retain Champions League football. Alexander Isak struggling to get into the action To give credit where credit is due, it’s perhaps not a game particularly well-suited to getting the best out of Liverpool’s record-breaking striker signing. Adam Bate reported for Sky Sports : “Probably no coincidence that it’s Isak and Wirtz, the Liverpool newcomers to a Merseyside derby away from home, who are struggling the most.
” Fellow Sky commentator Chris Sutton agreed: “ I sak has been on the periphery of the game. “The 45 minutes in the week would have done him a bit of good but fair to say, not up to the pace. ” It’s worth additionally noting that Isak has only picked up 859 minutes of action this term – a fraction of his injured teammate Hugo Ekitike (2,872 minutes).
Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trust So, we perhaps shouldn’t be expecting the world out of the 26-year-old, certainly not at this late stage in the campaign. It very much feels like we’re just building up our No.