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liverpool head coach Arne Slott tottenham defender accused mickey van de ven of causing serious injury by his “reckless challenge” alexander isaac The striker was ruled out for “a few months” with a broken leg.
isaac has Had surgery on ankle injury that included fibula fracture And it is destined to be sidelined for the foreseeable future. The £125 million signing suffered an injury. As soon as he scored the opening goal against Tottenham On Saturday, when Van de Ven dived into a tackle in an attempt to make a block in the penalty area.
Unlike the Tottenham midfielder, Van de Ven was not penalized for the tackle xavi simmons – Who was sent off in the first half after catching Virgil van Dijk on the shin with a stud.
Afterwards, Slot admitted that Simmons’ tackle was accidental – but, speaking on Tuesday, the Dutch coach said he was disappointed by the nature of Van de Ven’s lunge and accused his compatriot of causing “serious injury” with the dangerous play.
Isak’s injury adds to Liverpool’s list of absences as they enter the festive period and a home match against Wolves on Saturday. The slot will also be without Mohamed Salah, who is at the Africa Cup of Nations, and the suspended Dominic Szoboszlai, while Connor Bradley and Cody Gakpo were described as a “50-50”.
Isak has suffered a stop-start first season at Liverpool since joining the Reds from Newcastle on deadline day and the club have had to be patient while he works on his fitness after missing pre-season training after going on strike.
And Slott, who indicated the club remains hopeful Isak can still play again this season, was angry that the Sweden international suffered the latest blow just when he was approaching his best form, scoring his third goal for Liverpool against Spurs.
“For me, it was a reckless challenge,” Slott said. “I said a lot about the challenge on Xavi Simmons which was completely unintentional. I don’t think you would ever get hurt with that tackle. If you do Van de Ven’s tackle ten times, I think ten times there is a serious chance of serious injury to a player.
“It’s going to be a long injury – a few months. A big, big disappointment for him and for us.”
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Slot admitted that Isak has been going through a “really challenging and difficult period” since joining Liverpool for a British transfer record fee of £125 million and said that the striker will need support as he attempts to recover and play some role in the remainder of his first season at Anfield.
‘Normally when you join a new club you are very excited and you want to show all your qualities straight away, but this was absolutely impossible,’ Slott said.
“Maybe no one understands, but if you have not trained for three or four months at a serious level with the team and you are playing in this league, you have to be on top of your game to impact the game of football in this league.
“It took us several months to get him there, as we all knew, because there was no pre-season, there were games, games, games, games, games, there was hardly any time for training.
“So we always knew it was going to take him time and that’s why he’s so unlucky that he’s injured now because I think we all saw his performance against West Ham with that goal.” [against Tottenham]That he’s even closer to the player he was at Newcastle last season.