Arne Slot has been talking about Alexander Isak, who has yet to hit the heights at Liverpool (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

When it was put to Arne Slot that Alexander Isak is having so few touches while leading the Liverpool line on Friday, the head coach had a statistic up his sleeve that was enough to suggest the £125m striker's contributions had been sufficiently analysed at the AXA Training Centre.

Isak, in his last two Anfield starts at Anfield in the Premier League , has had less than 30 touches of the ball. He is averaging 14 per game and while his goal at West Ham United last week was expertly taken, Wednesday night's 1-1 draw with Sunderland once more saw the Sweden international on the periphery, taken off in the second period with Liverpool needing a

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