Alexander Isak suffers worrying injury when scoring for Liverpool at Tottenham

Alexander Isak suffers worrying injury when scoring for Liverpool at Tottenham

Liverpool have been dealt a cruel blow as Alexander Isak was brought off after half-time with an injury issue he picked up against Tottenham, moments after scoring for the side.

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Liverpool have been handed a fresh injury concern as Alexander Isak picked up an issue just over 10 minutes after coming onto the pitch against Tottenham. The striker was brought on at half-time, with the game still level at 0-0, but with the hosts reduced to 10 men following a red card for Xavi Simons.

Isak managed to find the breakthrough after his arrival, following a series of mistakes in the Spurs backline that allowed Florian Wirtz to feed him. The striker quickly put the chance away, but in doing so, collided with Micky van de Ven, who seemingly caused some damage.

The Liverpool striker's leg seemed to get stuck between the defender's, going straight to ground in some pain in the immediate aftermath.

After some lengthy treatment from the medical staff, he was helped off the pitch in what was another frustrating moment for the club-record signing.

Isak has had a stop-start beginning to his career at Anfield, after a summer saga that dragged on until he finally made the switch from Newcastle United.

That move meant he didn't have a full pre-season, and given the way Liverpool have struggled in general, it has been a challenge for Arne Slot to ease him into action.

The Swedish international has been in and out of the team, scoring his first Premier League goal for the side against West Ham late last month with a cool finish.

That was seen as an opportunity to kick on, though he has been given just the one league start in the time since he scored in that game.

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Slot defended the signing earlier this month, when he said: "That was the most difficult thing about signing him [the lack of pre-season]. I think I said back then that we signed him for six years, not for three months, and I’ve tried to make clear from the start how difficult the first few months would be for him.

"Every player wants to play 90 minutes (after) 90 minutes so it’s not nice for Alex to play 60, go off the next game and another (team-mate) comes in and then he can play 60 again. That’s not the way you want to start your career at Liverpool.

"It is far, far from an ideal situation but, again, this club doesn’t buy a player for half a year. We bought him for six years. As a result of that, people are now coming with stats about his 12 games (two goals scored).

"We are living in a grown-up world and the life of a striker is always like this. I assume he also had spells in his career when he didn’t score for a few games in a row. If you do what Alex has done I don’t think it would influence your confidence that much.

"But of course it is nicer for a number nine to start your career at a new club scoring immediately goal after goal. But that was so unrealistic straight away. I’ve tried to say it in my words without making it too obvious, but (this start is) almost something we could expect.

"If a player starts in the middle of a season and his fitness level is not as high as the others and we have three games a week so there is hardly any time to train, it does take time for any player to get to the levels we want. But I have no doubt that eventually he will become the player we signed him to be."

It remains to be seen just how serious the injury is, with Isak seen in quite some discomfort as he was forced off, and it could delay his impact even further.

Liverpool have the likes of Wolves, Leeds, and Fulham up next, before the big clash with Arsenal coming up in early January.

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