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Alexander Isak injury might pay off for Liverpool as Andoni Iraola handed unexpected boost
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Swedish footballer (born 1999)
Alexander Isak is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the Sweden national team.
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Andoni Iraola Sagarna is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Liverpool.
More on Wikipedia ↗City in Merseyside, England
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London. It had an estimated population of 508,961 in 2024. The city is within the larger Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million.
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Liverpool left sweating on the fitness of key attackers ahead of Man City showdown
Isak was forced to pull out of Sweden’s international camp with three fixtures still to play.
With injuries to Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo, who could Andoni Iraola task with filling the void left by his most in-form attackers this season?