Isak was forced off with a nasty-looking knee injury 15 minutes after coming on against Tottenham on Saturday night.

With Mohamed Salah already absent and pressure mounting, Alexander Isak briefly delivered exactly what was needed—before misfortune struck again.

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak sustained an injury after scoring Liverpool's opening goal in the 2-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday evening, before Hugo Ekitike found the net again

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.