Arne Slot has conceded Liverpool are not bringing the best out of Alexander Isak and must maximise their record signing’s 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 the Swede’s slow start as an inevitable consequence of missing pre-season with Newcastle, when he in effect went on strike to force his exit, but Liverpool’s head coach admits his team are also culpable for the player’s problems.
