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Liverpool wins 5-1 in Champions League eintracht frankfurt Their four-match losing streak ended but they had to pay a price alexander isaac And Jeremy Frimpong suffered injuries.
British record signing Isaac was taken off at half-time with a groin problem, while right-back Jeremy Frimpong’s promising start to the campaign continued after he was ruled out for “a few weeks” with a hamstring injury.
head coach Arne Slott Is expecting his £125million striker – who started alongside fellow number nine hugo akitike For the first time – not too badly affected as only last week he vowed that the Sweden international can now be assessed objectively after missing pre-season.
“Let’s hope it won’t be that bad, but he had to come off because of pain in his groin,” the Reds boss said.
“A lot of people wanted me to play more of a role with them and we had to strike a balance and unfortunately today that balance didn’t work out perfectly for us. But let’s hope for the best.
“Today with Alex and Hugo, I brought on the field two players who are usually capable of scoring goals.
“Alex was close at times but half the time he had to go out, and it is difficult for us to balance with him.
“When he came to the club, he had barely trained. So you bring him step by step, and then you think there has to be a moment where he can play twice a week, and the first time we try – he did the same with Sweden – he has to go out.
“Normally you try to prepare players for football once a week, but if you liverpool You play every three days or normally three times in eight days but we have been unlucky this season to have to play three times in seven days.
“We have tried to prepare him for it, we were really careful, and when he came back from the national team before the United game (last week) he was fully fit.
“We thought he was well prepared for it, but the margin at the top is small. I hope it won’t be that bad, because if he is out for a few weeks it will set him back. So let’s wait.”
While Isak failed to add his only goal so far, Akitike, on his return to the club he left in the summer, bounced back from 1–0 down with an equaliser, followed by set-piece headers from centre-back Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate before half-time.
After the break, £100 million summer signing Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen began to find his feet and provided assists for Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai.