Alexander Isak “hardly had a kick” as Ibrahima Konate “alarming” yet again

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Alexander Isak was so ineffective in Liverpool’s 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest that you could have been forgiven for forgetting he was on the pitch entirely. Here we compare our ratings with the Liverpool Echo, GOAL and the TIA readers.

GOAL’s Stephen Darwin said Isak “hardly had a kick” all game, while This Is Anfield‘s Henry Jackson pointed out that he “lost all seven duels.” Quite how Darwin gave Virgil van Dijk (3/10) a worse score than Ibrahima Konate (4/10) beggars belief, though! What the stats say On a day when Liverpool toiled, Van Dijk still won nine out of 11 aerial duels (82 percent), which was six more than any player, according to FotMob.

He also won the most duels (10) for the Reds, whereas Konate only won four, highlighting the difference between the centre-back pair. Liverpool’s midfield was again lacking the influence it did last season, with Alexis Mac Allister winning a measly two out of seven duels (29 percent).