Alexander Isak reacts to Liverpool win after being left out at Burnley

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In doing so, he should be able to put himself in contention to play a part when the Reds face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.

"As everybody knew, he didn't have any team training at Newcastle," Liverpool head coach Arne Slot told Sky Sports ahead of the game.

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We think with a week where we play three games in seven days, this is the best lead-up for him to be available against Atletico Madrid."

Slot added it is "difficult" to say when Isak will be fully up to speed following his fitness issues.

"But that you do with proper training sessions during the week.

Now we hardly have any proper training sessions with the team because we play three games in seven days.

"So where would he be.

So, hopefully able to play during the week [for] 45 minutes or more.

"But then, two days later we play Everton again, so it’s going to be interesting for performance staff, us to get the best out of him from the star but also keep him available until the end."

Isak could play for Liverpool for the first time this week, with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League followed by Everton in the Premier League

I think he missed three or four months of team sessions, so now we have to build him up gradually, with us playing so many games and hardly any training time.

That is going to be a challenge, but we have not just signed him for the upcoming two weeks, we have signed him for six years so this is what we have to keep in mind.

"What the fans have to keep in mind if I take him off in a certain moment or I only bring him in for a few moments