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And that leaves Ekitike as the only senior center forward among the Liverpool roster amid the chase for Newcastle's Alexander Isak.

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That is why I took him off, but he had a good game today, that is for sure."

Chiesa barely featured last season, while Diaz, now playing in Germany, was deployed through the middle of the Liverpool attack pretty often in what proved to be his final campaign with the Anfield side.

Of the six senior attackers that Liverpool had on its books last season, only Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo remain aside from Chiesa, who could return to Italy before the September 1 transfer deadline.

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With only Ekitike to play through the middle, though, Liverpool is light on numbers in the final third

Even in the event of Isak proving to be a possibility for Liverpool, there is an argument to bring in another forward on top of that

While Liverpool does not want to block the pathway of Ngumoha as he continues to develop, he is still only 16
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