Having committed up to £241m in transfer fees to sign Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak in the summer, it's fair to say the grand plan for the pair has been slow to reveal itself.

In the 810 minutes Liverpool have now played since Isak signed at the start of September, excluding stoppage time, the attackers have been on the pitch together for just 266.

Clearly Isak's fitness issues - having not had a pre-season at Newcastle - have contributed to that, while Wirtz has had some difficulty adapting totally to the sheer ferocity of Premier League football so far.

But on a night when both were picked to do the damage against an Eintracht Frankfurt side who have now shipped 15 in their three Champions League games this term, Isak was unable to decisively contribute and lasted just 45 minutes.

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