Isak Needs Time To Get Fit Says Slot After Leaving Striker Out Of Liverpool Win At Burnley

Arne Slot says Liverpool request to beryllium diligent pinch Alexander Isak aft leaving him retired of nan 1-0 triumph against Burnley. The striker is not fresh for nan demands of playing regularly aft missing pre-season and Slot is looking to build up his stamina slowly.

Mohamed Salah settled nan lucifer successful nan 95th infinitesimal from nan punishment spot aft Hannibal Mejbri handballed wrong nan container connected a time that Liverpool’s talismanic striker misfired.

“We sewage him from Newcastle successful a authorities wherever you could opportunity his pre-season is going to commencement now,” Slot said. “He needs due minutes of training earlier he has a definite base, fto unsocial for him to play doubly successful 3 days.

“So that’s what we do, we effort to hole players for nan opening of nan play erstwhile a week, and past we effort to do much and much and much earlier we spell into nan hit of 2 games a week, truthful that they are fresh for that schedule.”

The Liverpool defender Milos Kerkez was replaced earlier half-time aft being booked for a dive wrong nan Burnley box. “The only measurement we could suffer this game, if we spell down to 10, because pinch 11 v 11, we could person drawn it, but we couldn’t person mislaid it because they’ve ne'er been complete nan halfway line, fto unsocial successful our ain 18-yard box,” Slot said.

“I didn’t want to return that risk, which was difficult for Milos because usually you don’t person to return a subordinate disconnected if he has a yellowish before.”

Milos Kerkez was booked for diving successful nan first half and past substituted aft only 38 minutes. Photograph: Lee Parker/CameraSport/Getty Images

Burnley endured nan aforesaid destiny past clip retired erstwhile an injury-time Jaidon Anthony foul allowed Manchester United to triumph 3-2 astatine Old Trafford. The latest conclusion leaves Burnley pinch 3 points from 4 games aft throwing distant 2 imaginable draws.

“It’s really heartbreaking nan measurement nan crippled finishes for us,” head Scott Parker said. “Two weeks successful a statement that it’s successful nan dying minutes, 2 penalties that determine nan games. And we don’t negociate to get nan result.

“It’s beautiful disappointing. I thought nan players really produced a performance. It was everything we’ve worked on. I’m conscionable gutted for them.”