ARNE SLOT DELIVERS WORRYING LIVERPOOL INJURY UPDATE AS FORWARD PICKS UP FRESH ISSUE
Alexander Isak is an injury doubt and could miss Liverpool's clash against Brighton, Arne Slot has said.
The £125million man, who became British football's most expensive player of all time in the summer, has endured a stuttering start to life at Anfield.
In his 14 appearances, Isak has just two goals and one assist and has largely been outperformed by team-mate Hugo Ekitike.
But Slot has been tinkering with his selections and most recently paired the two forwards during their 1-0 victory over Inter Milan during the week.
And while the Liverpool boss said that partnership is something he will turn to again in the future, he cast doubt over it being deployed this weekend due to Isak taking a 'knock' at the San Siro.
'Alex got a knock in the first half,' Slot told a press conference on Monday. 'So let's see how he recovers from that today and if he is able to start tomorrow.'
Sweden striker Isak has started 10 games since moving to Liverpool from Newcastle, but is yet to complete an entire 90 minutes.
He was hooked after 68 minutes in Milan due to the the injury and has missed five games already through fitness issues this season.
In his absence Ekitike began his Liverpool career in electric form before enduring an eight-game Premier League goal drought, which he broke with a brace at Leeds last week.
Liverpool will be without Cody Gakpo for the Brighton fixture, but Federico Chiesa is expected to return following illness.
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