Liverpool paid substantial quantities of cash for Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike through the summer time switch window.
There have been speculations that the 2 gamers will probably be forming a partnership this season. They’re extraordinarily gifted gamers with the standard to enhance most groups within the division, and neither of them will need to sit on the bench. It stays to be seen whether or not supervisor Arne Slot is prepared to make use of them collectively for Liverpool this season.
Arne Slot on Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike
Chatting with the media earlier than the Everton match, Slot has confirmed that Liverpool might need to make use of them in a 4-4-2 formation relying on accidents and availability. He has additionally urged that Ekitike is able to working because the left-sided ahead.
Arne Slot on Ekitike and Isak taking part in collectively within the ahead line: “Hugo may play from the left – totally different from how Cody [Gakpo] or Rio [Ngumoha] do that – so we have now a number of choices, however they’ve to remain match. If some aren’t match, we’d have to make use of them each in a 4-4-2. It will depend on their kind and what number of gamers we have now obtainable.”
Isak and Ekitike beginning collectively can be a chance
Utilizing the 2 gamers collectively may very well be a little bit of a tactical gamble for Liverpool. They’ve been fairly weak defensively this season, and so they have already conceded a good variety of objectives. Deploying two strikers might depart them additional uncovered defensively and within the midfield.
Nevertheless, the 2 gamers are extraordinarily gifted, and so they might make an enormous distinction within the last third if they will mix nicely. They might kind a deadly partnership and switch Liverpool into an unstoppable attacking unit.
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how the state of affairs develops over the following few weeks.
“Let’s see…”: Liverpool ace beginning towards Everton unsure as Slot performs ready recreation
