Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike has made a flying start to life on Merseyside but he’s named one Premier League striker who he wants to ‘be like’ when it comes to his finishing under Arne Slot.

Former Eintracht Frankfurt star Hugo Ekitike moved to Liverpool in the summer after a solid campaign in the Bundesliga, where he scored 15 goals in 33 games for the German outfit in the league, tempting Arne Slot to make a move for his services.

Although Liverpool’s signing of Alexander Isak from Newcastle grabbed the headlines, that wasn’t until later in the window and Ekitike pounced upon that chance for minutes by scoring three goals in his opening five Premier League clashes.

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That’s enough to rank him joint-eighth in the top goalscorer standings in the top-flight. But Liverpool star Ekitike has named the man who sits comfortably top of those rankings in Erling Haaland as the best finisher in the league.

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This season alone, there is no doubting that Erling Haaland is the best striker in the Premier League, with Peter Crouch labelling Haaland as better than Alexander Isak.

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