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Thierry Henry makes feelings clear on Hugo Ekitike after Liverpool ace's injury heartbreak

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But Henry believes that he has the right character to be able to come back stronger once he has recovered."I was watching the game and straight away you knew it was bad," Henry told Betway. People thought he was never going to be that guy because he went there too early."What I loved was that he thought, 'OK, I’m not going to sit here and die on the bench with people thinking I’m done,' and he went to Germany and battled."He had an outstanding season.



He comes to Liverpool, where people thought he was going to sit out for Alexander Isak, but no, he answered the call and did pretty well for his first season.Hugo Ekitike ruptured his Achilles tendon(Image: Xavier Laine, Getty Images)"It’s not only about the World Cup; it’s what he had to go through at a young age, to come back and reposition himself, and now he’s going to have to do it again."He came to the ‘top of the mountain’ and now he’s fallen again, for different reasons. It must be very difficult for him mentally, but he had the belief to do it once and I’m sure he can do it again."Ekitike has scored 17 goals for Liverpool in his debut season in the Premier League, but he and Isak have rarely been fit at the same time.

I’m me."I'll take some stuff from his game, because obviously he’s an example and idol for me. If I can take some things from his skill, that would be great because he scored a lot of goals."Liverpool.com says: Ekitike has been really unfortunate, and missing out on the World Cup will be a hammer blow.