"Ekitike scored twice as Liverpool came from behind to beat Newcastle at Anfield on Saturday, taking the 23-year-old's tally to 15 goals in 32 appearances in all competitions this season. The France forward joined Liverpool from Eintracht Frankfurt for an initial £69m in the summer and has quickly developed an understanding with fellow big-money signing Florian Wirtz, who arrived from Bayer Leverkusen in a £116m deal."
"Rooney believes that partnership raises questions over where Isak fits in once he is back to full fitness. "I'd be more worried if I was Isak, sat there watching," Rooney said on The Wayne Rooney Show. "His Liverpool career just hasn't got up and going yet. Obviously they paid a lot of money for him and these two seem to have a really good understanding of each other's game and they look like a real threat.""
""Ekitike's second goal in particular was brilliant, it reminds me of Romario. A little toe-poke goal but it's instinctive," he said. "He is the type of player I like to watch. He's not a number nine, he's not a number 10. He drifts out wide, he gets on the ball, brings players into the game and he can score goals. So he's got a bit of everything really.""
Hugo Ekitike scored twice as Liverpool overturned a deficit to beat Newcastle, bringing his season tally to 15 goals in 32 appearances. The France forward joined Liverpool from Eintracht Frankfurt for an initial £69m and has formed a potent understanding with Florian Wirtz, who arrived from Bayer Leverkusen for £116m. That attacking partnership increases competition for places when Alexander Isak returns from a broken-leg layoff following his British-record £125m transfer from Newcastle. Isak had three goals in 16 appearances before the injury and now faces uncertainty over reclaiming a starting role.
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