Cristiano Ronaldo promise, Alexander Isak boost and quiet injury comebacks as Liverpool returns

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Liverpool will return to Premier League action this weekend with a trip to Burnley, but it has been a positive international break for many of Arne Slot's players.

Alexis Mac Allister sat out Argentina's first match of the international break but then played the full 90 minutes in a narrow defeat to Ecuador, where the South American media were unimpressed, suggesting he didn't look fit.



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And Ibrahima Konate — while joking about his contract situation in between — played both games as France beat Ukraine and then Iceland.

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate played for France over the break.

Florian Wirtz scored a sensational free-kick for Germany, though his performances were not wholly praised, while Mohamed Salah and Egypt fell short of qualifying for the World Cup in this international break, but should tie it up in the next one

Hugo Ekitike made his senior debut for France, playing twice for Didier Deschamps, but 18-year-old center-back Giovanni Leoni was made to wait for his senior Italy bow despite being called up by new boss Gennaro Gattuso.

Wataru Endo played the whole game as Japan drew 0-0 with Mexico, but then was left on the bench during a 2-0 defeat against the USMNT