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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 20: Alexander Isak of Liverpool receives instructions from Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, before coming on as a substitute during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield on September 20, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Getty Images Liverpool lost its sixth game of the 2025/26 Premier League season on Saturday, falling 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest. Arne Slot’s team only lost four games in the whole of last season, when it won the league title, showing how much the club’s performances have dipped and how quickly any hopes of a title defense have disappeared. Numerous issues have contributed to Liverpool’s poor results in the first third of this season, but one of the most concerning is its inability to get the most from its new signings. Alexander Isak, unfortunately for him, epitomises this. A non-existent pre-season, during which the player was “on strike” while he waited for the transfer from Newcastle to Liverpool to be completed, meant he arrived lacking match fitness and match sharpness. The club and the player have been playing catch-up ever since, and are yet to get up to speed. A groin injury picked up in a Champions League game against Eintracht Frankfurt in October further stalled that quest for match fitness, with this latest fixture being his first start for his new club since then. Slot admitted before the game against Nottingham Forest that he is having to give Isak minutes just so he can get to the required level of physical preparedness, and is doing so at the expense of other, more match-ready, players. “I know that a 100% fit Alexander Isak is a big, big, big plus for this team,” Slot said in his press conference prior to this game. “But…

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