'I heard Alexander Isak message that even Rio Ngumoha won't drown out'
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Having seen one bid for Isak worth around $148 million (£110 million) turned down, Liverpool has not yet seen enough encouragement from Newcastle to return to the table.
Monday's game was played with an Isak backdrop, even if he was nowhere to be seen.
This was Newcastle's first home game of the new season, under the lights, in a late kick-off, and on a bank holiday.
It had all the ingredients required to see St James' Park ignite even without the added context of Isak having annoyed the locals by expressing a desire to leave — and it really did when Will Osula slipped the ball past Alisson Becker.
And then, from nowhere, up popped a substitute to save the day — just as Federico Chiesa did against Bournemouth.
There were talking points galore — Liverpool improved considerably in terms of stopping counter-attacks, but failed miserably at defending a couple of set-pieces; Anthony Gordon was sent off for a completely unneccessary tackle for which he has since apologized — yet there is only one place that the talk will soon shift back to.
During the game, the Liverpool fans could be heard singing a couple of songs about Isak.
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