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The coach of Liverpool, Arne Slot, should leave out the British record signing Alexander Isak according to Wayne Rooney, after the surprising victory of Manchester United by 2-1 at Anfield.
The current champion of the Premier League suffered a new disappointment on Sunday, with his fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions, at the hands of his eternal rival Manchester.
In the 84th minute, Harry Maguire’s header gave the Red Devils their first victory at Anfield in almost a decade, after Liverpool striker Cody Gakpo equalized with Bryan Mbeumo’s goal for United at 62 seconds into the game.
Isak, who signed for Liverpool for a record fee of 125 million pounds after forcing his transfer from Newcastle, was the starter for the third consecutive time in the Premier League with the Reds on Sunday, but continued to have problems in front of goal.
The Swedish international has not yet scored a goal in the English league with Liverpool, although he did so in the Carabao Cup, and only scored two goals in seven games in all competitions.
On the other hand, Hugo Ekitike, who was signed in the summer for 79 million pounds from Eintracht Frankfurt, had a brilliant start in Liverpool with three goals and an assist in his five first Premier League games, antes de ser sustituido por Isak.
Liverpool should leave the British record signing Alexander Isak (arriba), according to Wayne Rooney
Rooney believes that Isak is having problems because he has not done a complete preseason at Liverpool
The legend of Manchester United also believes that Arne Slot is starting to give in before the pressure
Manchester United legend Rooney has called on Slot to leave the Swede out, insisting he has problems because he has had a full pre-season.
Before closing his transfer to Anfield, Isak refused to train at Newcastle and ended up leaving Eddie Howe’s group.
‘I wouldn’t play with Isak, he doesn’t seem ready since he arrived from Newcastle,’ Rooney said on The Wayne Rooney Show.
‘No ha entrenado, y no ha hecho pretemporada. It’s very important. While Newcastle was training, he was probably sitting at home talking on the phone with his agent for six hours a day trying to get a contract.
‘It’s very difficult when you don’t have a preseason. You may have done things on your own, but you are paying the price for it. For rendezvous, he doesn’t deserve to play ahead of Ekitike.’
Slot enjoyed a magnificent debut season in Liverpool, winning the Premier League after Jürgen Klopp’s emotional exit from Anfield after nine years on the Reds’ bench.
Despite having spent almost 450 million pounds on new stars like Isak, Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerez and Jeremie Frimpong, the Reds have been mostly disarticulated during the first part of the season, losing three of their nine primeros partidos de liga.
Although Liverpool is not still out of the title race, as it is in third place, only four points behind Arsenal, Slot has a lot to fix if he wants to win two consecutive titles.
Rooney claims that Isak ‘does not deserve to play’ over teammate Hugo Ekitike (right)
Isak was signed by Liverpool for 125 million pounds, and Newcastle refused to play
Ekitike had a strong start in Liverpool, with three goals and an assist in his five first Premier League games, before being replaced in the first game by Isak
Rooney believes that complacency is hurting the champions, and that Slot is starting to give in to pressure.
‘They’ve gotten a little complacent,’ added Rooney.
‘For Arne Slot, you forget that he won the Premier League, but he is still quite young – 47 years old and this was the first time he lost four consecutive games in his career.
(Against Manchester United) he argued with the referees, something I had seen in him before.
“We’re starting to see things develop, which shows that the pressure is on.”
