{"id":649001,"date":"2025-12-22T20:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/649001\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:55:30","slug":"liverpool-fans-told-which-player-is-set-for-a-run-in-the-team-after-alexander-isak-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/649001\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans told which player is set for a run in the team after Alexander Isak injury blow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alexander Isak is likely to miss the next months of Liverpool\u2019s season after fracturing his leg against Tottenham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British record transfer signing has had a rough time since joining the Reds last summer and saw his move hit a new low while scoring on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It rather summed up the run of luck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/alexander-isak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isak<\/a> is having that in the act of sweeping in an excellent finish at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, he also put the nail in the coffin of a dreadful first season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis.           Who should replace Alexander Isak in Liverpool\u2019s starting XI? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Arne Slot is running out of options\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252231585-1-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Isak is helped off the field after picking up an injury after scoring for Liverpool against Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-276503\" \/>Photo by Marc Atkins\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s attacking options heading into the Christmas period:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Hugo Ekitike<\/li>\n<li>Federico Chiesa<\/li>\n<li>Florian Wirtz<\/li>\n<li>Rio Ngumoha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Beyond Isak\u2019s own personal misfortune, though, it is terrible luck for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>, whose decision to sign the No. 9 for \u00a3120m looks worse by the day.<\/p>\n<p>The injury has also left Arne Slot\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/first-team-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool squad<\/a> decidedly light in attack. With Mohamed Salah away on international duty and Cody Gakpo also injured, Micah Richards has named which player is likely to benefit from Isak\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Ekitike set to become the main man at Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Isak being missing for so long is not good news in any capacity for Liverpool. His finish against Spurs sent a reminder of just what a weapon he can be for the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>But if there\u2019s something fans can cling onto, it\u2019s that in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/hugo-ekitike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugo Ekitike<\/a>, they have a more than able replacement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249189640-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Isak of Liverpool is substituted off for Hugo Ekitike during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Liverpool at London Stadium\" class=\"wp-image-273490\" \/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/12\/22\/david-ornstein-drops-antoine-semenyo-to-liverpool-bomb-after-alexander-isak-breaks-his-leg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Ornstein drops Antoine Semenyo to Liverpool bomb after Alexander Isak breaks his leg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ekitike has scored five goals in his last five Premier League appearances, and according to Richards, he is the player who will now get an uninterrupted run in the Liverpool team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to see them both play together at some stage,\u201d the former Man City defender said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j9b-t6HBWZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Rest Is Football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the time to see it, especially with Spurs having 10 men at the time. I was like, \u2018come on, show us what you\u2019ve got, show us your movement, show us your chemistry or try to build that chemistry,\u2019 and then Isak goes off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> What ONE word sums up Liverpool\u2019s signing of Alexander Isak? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249188215-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Isak reacts with his hands on his head during Liverpool's Premier League match against West Ham United at the London Stadium\" class=\"wp-image-273572\" \/>Photo by Izzy Poles \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>\u201cForget the injury, for Ekitike it\u2019s good now because he\u2019ll probably get a run in the team. But I wanted to see them both together, get that partnership, especially with Salah going to AFCON.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alan Shearer reiterates Ekitike praise<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike did not take long to underline why he can be the star striker for Liverpool. He headed home the winning goal only 10 minutes after Isak had left the pitch against Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has impressed just about everybody since arriving from Eintracht Frankfurt, with Premier League all-time top scorer Alan Shearer a certified fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think the way he\u2019s settled into life at Liverpool under difficult circumstances, great credit to him,\u201d Shearer said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor his mentality, his attitude and obviously his ability. He\u2019s had a great start to his Liverpool career. He\u2019s a really, really good player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike did not need any more help in establishing himself as a key player at Liverpool. But with Isak now out indeterminably, he has just been given it anyway. <\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak is likely to miss the next months of Liverpool\u2019s season after fracturing his leg against Tottenham.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[9261,748,393,4884,5759,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-649001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-hugo-ekitike","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115765217742847684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}