'I feel like': Alexander Isak suggests whether he's ready to start his first PL match for Liverpool on Saturday

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Firstly, Giovanni Leoni was stretchered off with what looks like a bad injury.

Arne Slot gave an update on Leoni post-match, and Liverpool will now have to wait to find out the extent of the problem.

The second issue for Slot was that Hugo Ekitike picked up a needless red card after scoring a late winner for the Reds.

Ekitike will be unavailable for Saturday’s match against Crystal Palace, meaning Alexander Isak may need to make a second consecutive start.

His errant pass allowed Federico Chiesa to nip in and square for Isak to score.

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It was a big moment for the 26-year-old, and the relief and joy on his face was clear.

Of course, Isak is still getting his fitness back after a summer without playing any football at all.

9 suggested he is feeling better all the time.

“I feel good,” Isak answered.

“Every game I play is very helpful and gets me in better shape, so hopefully I’m just getting more and more ready.

“It’s difficult to say [how close to 100% he is], I think it’s a mixture of fitness wise and football wise, but I feel good, I feel like I’m in a shape to at least make a difference.”

The reason Isak may have to be ready to start on Saturday is of course because of Ekitike.

Had the Frenchman been available, he would likely have played.

Instead, Slot now has a decision to make over who leads the line at Selhurst Park.

Asked what he made of Ekitike’s moment of confusion, Isak claimed that his strike partner had simply been lost in the moment.

“I’m sure he just wasn’t aware of being on a yellow in that moment,” he said.