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Liverpool are not playing to Alexander Isak’s strengths, Arne Slot admits

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  • ‘We want to bring him into more threatening situations’

  • Conor Bradley available for Saturday’s trip to Leeds

Arne Slot has conceded Liverpool are not bringing the best out of record signing Alexander Isak and must maximise his strengths in the manner Manchester City do with Erling Haaland.

The £125m striker scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool in last Sunday’s win at West Ham but was unable to build on that breakthrough against Sunderland on Wednesday. Isak had another quiet game. Slot has repeatedly defended Isak’s slow start as an inevitable consequence of missing pre-season with Newcastle, when he effectively downed tools to force his exit, but Liverpool’s head coach admits his team are also culpable for the player’s problems.

Continue reading…‘We want to bring him into more threatening situations’Conor Bradley available for Saturday’s trip to LeedsArne Slot has conceded Liverpool are not bringing the best out of record signing Alexander Isak and must maximise his strengths in the manner Manchester City do with Erling Haaland.The £125m striker scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool in last Sunday’s win at West Ham but was unable to build on that breakthrough against Sunderland on Wednesday. Isak had another quiet game. Slot has repeatedly defended Isak’s slow start as an inevitable consequence of missing pre-season with Newcastle, when he effectively downed tools to force his exit, but Liverpool’s head coach admits his team are also culpable for the player’s problems. Continue reading…