Whatever the nature of the damage done to Isak as Micky van de Ven collided with him well after the shot was away, it was enough to rob Liverpool's No. 9 of what might otherwise have been a moment of ecstasy.

A picture speaks one thousand words, goes the saying. In this case, one snapshot talked 125million reasons to be worried. Alexander Isak had just scored just his second Premier League goal since a £125m move from Newcastle and within seconds collapsed to ...

It took less than six seconds for Liverpool ’s £300m trio to rip through Tottenham’s 10 men after Cristian Romero ’s careless pass from defence. Hugo Ekitike looked up and picked out Florian Wirtz, suddenly free in the space he has spent so much time trying to find.

Alexander Isak has spoken out on his Liverpool struggles after a controversial $167m transfer from Newcastle in the summer. The forward has so far failed to find his form at Merseyside, leading to tension which rose to unprecedented levels as the Reds paid a record sum to the Tyneside club to bring their talismanic forward to Anfield.