'Not optimal': Alexander Isak makes honest admission on Liverpool form after another Sweden defeat

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Alexander Isak’s start to life at Liverpool has not exactly gone to plan.The Swede pushed hard to make sure his dream move to Anfield came true over the summer, taking a grenade to his reputation as a hero at Newcastle.Since then, it has felt like one setback after another for Isak. To make matters worse for Isak, his Liverpool transfer has come at a time when the Sweden national team are in diabolical form themselves.After losing 4-1 against Switzerland on Saturday, the Swedes are now without a win in five matches and have tasted defeat in their last four.Isak was not ready to start Saturday’s capitulation, and only played the final 27 minutes.

Things have to improve.Isak himself knows that too, and when questioned by Sportbladet after Saturday’s match, the 26-year-old admitted that the season ‘hasn’t been optimal’ for him with club or country so far. When will Alexander Isak hit form for Liverpool?

“Every Liverpool player and fan knows that when Alexander Isak hits form, or whenever it clicks, he’s going to be a problem.”Adebayo Akinfenwa on Alexander IsakPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images “It hasn’t been optimal. You learn to deal with it and get back on track the right way.”Isak’s form will turn around if fitness remainsDespite results not going his way so far this season, it has not necessarily been because of a lack of performance from Isak himself.No, he has not been finding the net, and that will be a frustration for him, but he has largely been fine while finding his feet at Liverpool.The sharpness should have returned by now, and there will rightly be pressure on him to start finding the net once the international break is over.However, Isak can still be Liverpool’s saviour this season, no question about it.