Arne Slot gives update on Alexander Isak injury after Liverpool striker hobbled off

Alexander Isak was forced to come off and had to be helped from the pitch after being clattered by Micky van de Ven while scoring Liverpool’s opening goal against Tottenham

20:28, 20 Dec 2025Updated 22:42, 20 Dec 2025

Alexander Isak got injured while scoring for Liverpool(Image: Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Arne Slot says that Liverpool will assess the extent of Alexander Isak’s injury after the striker was forced off in their narrow 2-1 win over Tottenham. Isak was forced from the pitch just 10 minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute, having been clattered by Micky van de Ven.

The £125million summer signing put Liverpool ahead with a powerful finish past Guglielmo Vicario after being put through on goal by Florian Wirtz’s pass. But he couldn’t enjoy his effort because Van de Ven caught him heavily while trying to block the shot.

The Sweden international appeared to be in agony and his team-mates surrounded him worriedly. He was eventually helped from the pitch by two members of Liverpool’s medical staff and replaced by Jeremie Frimpong.

“We’ll have to wait and see,” Slot told BBC Match of the Day when asked about Isak. “It is too short after the game to speak about it but it is never good when a player has to come off. I took Frimpong off because I did not want to be with 10 men, so that injury is fine.

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“The other two (Isak and Conor Bradley) we’ll have to wait and see. The good thing is that we have a week to go so hopefully we have enough players available to play next week again.”

Speaking in his press conference, Slot added: “I don’t have any news on him. But if a player scores and then gets injured, and doesn’t come back on the pitch, doesn’t try to come back – which is what Conor Bradley tried to do for example but I had to take him off as well because he couldn’t go on.

“But if a player doesn’t even try to come back, that is usually not a good thing. But I cannot say anything more than that, it is just a gut feeling. Nothing medical to say about it. I haven’t spoken to him about it yet.”

Having come on as a substitute to replace a substitute, Frimpong was himself replaced by Federico Chiesa late on after being left with a bloody lip in a clash with Richarlison. Right-back Bradley was the player who was taken off at half-time for Isak as Slot went more attacking following the red card for Xavi Simons.

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Alexander Isak suffered an injury during Liverpool’s clash against Tottenham(Image: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Liverpool went 1-0 up through Isak’s strike before Hugo Ekitike made it 2-0 with a towering header from Frimpong’s deflected cross. Richarlison halved the deficit from a loose ball before Cristian Romero was dismissed for a second yellow card in added time, leaving Spurs with nine men.

“It was 11 vs 11 there but we had nine minutes added again there,” Slot said. “I think here that was completely fine with the injury treatments, VAR, so I can’t complain at all about he nine minutes. They were close. They came close a few times.