"There was a moment": Arne Slot provides positive update on Liverpool star he took off against Brighton

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While Liverpool have had their backs against the wall all season, the revelation that is Ekitike has been a consistent performer and one of the biggest positives of the season. What I see with him and I see this with all the players we’ve brought in this summer, they had to adapt to the Premier League, to that intensity, because they were all young.

So, Hugo has cramp today but I can assure you that he did probably twice as much as in games in the beginning of the season where I had to take him off with cramp as well. If you cannot be so intense for such a long time, it’s so hard to win a game of football because the best players, athletes, in the world play in this league, and we are trying to prepare them more and more, better and better for that – and I can see that progress with most of our signings, maybe all of them.” Liverpool are blessed to have Hugo Ekitike Had Liverpool not been able to complete their £125million deal for Alexander Isak on Deadline Day, it’s strange to say that it would not have had any bearing on the season beyond squad depth.

After his brace against Brighton, the Frenchman broke the 10-goal barrier for the season and it doesn’t look like he’s slowing down. It was his second brace in back-to-back Premier League games and Liverpool’s first league win of December.