We feel downright sorry for Alexander Isak. That’s the last thing a £125m player needs, because then you’re about to become the English media’s next chopping block. Arne Slot came before the international break with support for the club’s most expensive investment, and apologized with a miserable pre-season. After the 0-3 draw at Anfield against Nottingham Forest, excuses are now unfortunately becoming quite hollow. Now the “Liverpool blunder of all time” is stamped on the back of a Swedish national team striker.
Before the home game against Forest on Saturday, last season’s second highest scorer was without a Premier League goal in 253 minutes. The rest has been spent by the super striker on the bench or injury bench. On Saturday, Isak was finally ready to play, on the pitch in the starting eleven, until the 68th minute. When the Swede was substituted without scoring, in a game Liverpool really needed to get goals from the former goal guarantor, he had been completely neutralised by the Forest defence.
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After the game, there was harsh criticism from Sky Sports commentators, who summed up Isak’s contribution with: “Another miserable performance from Isak. The striker lost every single one of his seven duels this afternoon. He has been completely anonymous,” the studio said.
A former Ireland international goes even further:
“He looks like their biggest blunder at the moment, Isak looks like he could be their (Liverpool’s) biggest blunder ever. There was nothing lately to indicate that ‘you know what, he’s going to find his best self again’,” says former Ireland international Tony Cascarino on Talk Sport.
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