Thierry Henry 'annoyed' by Jamie Carragher's Alexander Isak question

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Even so, some eyes will be rolling at the immediate desire to force an Isak vs Erling Haaland narrative.

Henry was certainly unimpressed by that line of questioning.

He declared Isak "maybe the best striker in the world," which obviously set a chain of ridiculous analysis in motion.

Inevitably, that quote ended up getting put to Pep Guardiola.

Answering another question, he denied that Isak was the best in the world, because he has been out for four months — and added that he would need to win trophies with Liverpool to be considered among the absolute elite.

Haaland is laser-focused on finding the back of the net, whereas Liverpool's new recruit likes to drift acros the front three.

If the criterion is who would be better if asked to play from the left, then Isak would be the clear winner

Liverpool may yet ask Isak to play in a similar way to Haaland, relentlessly searching for the pockets of space in which he can inflict maximum goalmouth damage.

But if his debut is anything to go by, Isak has not arrived to become the sole focal point — at least not while Mohamed Salah is still around

The Egyptian scored and assisted against Atletico, and should really have had a second, with many flowing Liverpool moves ending up with the ball at his feet.

It would be churlish to deny that Liverpool expects goals from Isak, and plenty of them