Gary Lineker disagrees with Wayne Rooney on Alexander Isak after latest Liverpool blank

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballAlexander IsakThe striker failed to impress in Liverpool's defeat against Manchester United and is still searching for his first Premier League goal for the club.Gary Lineker has urged Liverpool to give Alexander Isak more time to show what he can do after a slow start to life at Anfield. He might've done stuff by himself but he's paying the price of it."On performances, he doesn't deserve to be playing ahead of Ekitike."However, Lineker disagrees with Rooney and believes that Liverpool should show more patience with Isak, given his disrupted pre-season.

“I would say that because of the length of time all of that debacle took place, he wouldn’t be as fit and as fresh so he’s playing catch-up,” Lineker argued on the The Rest Is Football.“When you miss pre-season, it’s almost like an injured player coming back. So I would actually give him a little bit more time because he’s only played a handful of games."It’s almost like he’s going through pre-season during a real season.

He’s not fit,” he said."Arne Slot said in the press conference before that now we’re going to see the real Isak because he looks like he’s going to be fit now. But the chance that he had in the game, if he’s at Newcastle, he tucks that away.”Liverpool will look to bounce back and avoid a fifth defeat in a row when they return to Champions League action on Wednesday night.