Isak faces two months out with injury after ‘reckless’ tackle: Slot

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says prima guardant Alexander Isak volition beryllium connected the sidelines until astatine slightest precocious February.

Alexander Isak is expected to beryllium retired of enactment for 2 months aft fracturing his limb against Tottenham, with Liverpool manager Arne Slot accusing Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven of making a “reckless challenge”.

The Sweden striker was injured successful a tackle from the defender successful the enactment of scoring the opening extremity successful Saturday’s 2-1 triumph and limped disconnected the pitch.

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Liverpool said successful a connection connected Monday that the guardant had had an cognition connected an ankle wounded that included a fibula fracture.

“It’s going to beryllium a agelong injury, for a mates of months,” Slot told reporters connected Tuesday, “So, yeah, that’s a big, big, large disappointment for him. And arsenic a result, besides of people for us.”

Slot described Van de Ven’s tackle arsenic “reckless”.

“I deliberation I said a batch astir the tackle of Xavi Simons [sent disconnected earlier successful the crippled for Spurs], which for maine was wholly unintentional, and I don’t deliberation you volition ever get an wounded retired of a tackle similar that.

“The tackle of Van de Ven, if you marque that tackle 10 times, I deliberation 10 times there’s a superior accidental that a subordinate gets a superior injury.”

Isak, centre, gets injured successful a situation with Tottenham Hotspur’s Dutch defender #37 Micky van de Ven astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful London, connected December 20, 2025 [Justin Tallis/AFP]

Isak’s challenging twelvemonth continues

Isak’s wounded is the latest setback for the guardant aft helium signed from Newcastle for a British grounds 125 cardinal pounds ($168m) successful September.

A quality with Newcastle meant helium did not person a due preseason programme and arrived astatine Liverpool good down his teammates successful presumption of fitness.

His play was past interrupted by a groin injury.

The 26-year-old has scored conscionable 3 goals successful 16 appearances since completing his protracted determination to Anfield.

Isak’s lack volition beryllium a large stroke for Reds brag Slot, with Mohamed Salah astatine the Africa Cup of Nations and Cody Gakpo not acceptable to instrumentality from a musculus wounded until aboriginal successful the caller year.

It leaves Slot with Hugo Ekitike, who has 5 goals successful his past 4 games, and the little-used Federico Chiesa arsenic his lone elder forwards.

Liverpool, whose Premier League rubric defence collapsed aft a shocking tally of results, person climbed to 5th successful the array aft extending their unbeaten league tally to 5 games.

Isak’s wounded raises the imaginable of Liverpool moving to boost their onslaught successful the January transportation window, with Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo linked with a determination to Anfield.

It whitethorn besides alteration the speech astir Salah, who had been linked with a determination to Saudi Arabia pursuing his caller assertion that helium had been thrown nether the autobus by the nine and nary longer had a narration with Slot.

Salah’s rant, which came aft helium was near connected the seat for 3 successive matches, prompted Liverpool to permission him retired of the squad for a Champions League lucifer astatine Inter Milan.

But helium returned to enactment arsenic a substitute against Brighton earlier leaving for planetary duty.

Liverpool big bottommost broadside Wolves connected Saturday.