The 26-year-old Isak was in clear distress and did not celebrate his goal after his left leg was caught between the cutting legs of a sliding Micky van de Ven.

It took less than six seconds for Liverpool ’s £300m trio to rip through Tottenham’s 10 men after Cristian Romero ’s careless pass from defence. Hugo Ekitike looked up and picked out Florian Wirtz, suddenly free in the space he has spent so much time trying to find.

Alexander Isak has opened up on his difficult start to life at Liverpool, with the 26-year-old scoring just once in the Premier League this season.

It has been suggested, by Dietmar Hamann, that Liverpool could look to sell £125 million ($167m) striker Alexander Isak to Barcelona in the summer of 2026. Anfield future questions are also being asked of £116m ($155m) playmaker Florian Wirtz,