"Alexander Isak has had a difficult start to his Liverpool career, following his British record 125m move from Newcastle in the summer. He's scored just two goals in 12 appearances across all competitions, and he only broke his Premier League duck in last weekend's victory over West Ham. Isak has failed to live up to the performances he produced at Newcastle."
"The main difference for him is that we are facing here many times a low block and it is not that it never happened at Newcastle but not as much I think. I think this season the league has changed, we see so many more low blocks than I saw last season. But I see this not only against us, I see this in many games."
"It makes it harder for him compared to his time at Newcastle but I think it is also him adjusting to his team-mates and his team-mates adjusting to him. But it is obvious and clear that we have not the profile of Jacob Murphy for example available at this moment at this time."
Alexander Isak joined Liverpool for a British record 125m but has scored only two goals in 12 appearances across all competitions. The striker only recently scored his first Premier League goal for the club and has yet to match his Newcastle output. Frequent low-block defenses in the league have made chances harder to create and exploit. Isak is also adjusting to new teammates while teammates adjust to him, and Liverpool currently lack a player with Jacob Murphy's specific link-up profile. Hugo Ekitike provides immediate competition for the starting striker role, increasing pressure to improve.
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