Alexander Isak thinks he is “still working” on reaching full fitness at Liverpool

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Having arrived at Liverpool without a proper pre-season, Alexander Isak has said he is “still working” on his form and fitness. Saturday’s loss against Chelsea was his fourth start for Liverpool in all competitions, after which he spoke to All Red Video about his form and fitness.

I was hoping for a different result but we’ll keep working.” While he did train alone over the summer, Isak’s de facto pre-season effectively only started three weeks into the campaign, leaving him trailing behind his teammates for match sharpness. Having initially built up his minutes by only using the Swede for halves and hours of matches, Isak’s ‘pre-season’ is now nearly over.

When Arne Slot thinks Alexander Isak’s ‘pre-season’ is over Slot explained after Liverpool’s League Cup win over Southampton: “We got him not in the best circumstances in terms of match fitness, so we have to build it up. “The best [will be] when he comes back hopefully from the Swedish national team, when he stayed fit, played there many minutes, plays for us in the upcoming weeks a few minutes “Then I think after that, then his pre-season has ended and we can expect even more from him.” That international break is upon us, with Sweden set to face Switzerland and Kosovo at home in World Cup qualifiers.