Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has criticised a "reckless" tackle which has left striker Alexander Isak.
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has criticised a "reckless" tackle which has left striker Alexander Isak with a fractured ankle during a match against Tottenham Hotspurs.
The Sweden international was injured following a sliding tackle from Spurs' Micky van de Ven, as he scored the opening goal for Liverpool on Saturday 20 December.
Isak had an operation on Monday 22 December on an ankle injury which also included a fibula fracture.
Slot said: "It’s going to be a long injury, for a couple of months.
"It’s a big disappointment for him and, as a result, for us.
"This was, for me, a reckless challenge. I’ve said a lot about the tackle of Xavi Simons [who was sent off dragging his studs down the calf of Virgil van Dijk] which for me was completely unintentional.
"I don’t think you will ever get an injury out of a tackle like that. But the tackle of Van de Ven, if you make a tackle like that 10 times, 10 times there is a serious chance the player gets a serious injury."
Isak has made 16 appearances since his British record transfer fee of £125 million from Newcastle on deadline day.
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