Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final at Manchester City will come too soon for Liverpool striker Alexander Isak, but head coach Arne Slot says the Swede now looks in a much better physical place than before he broke his leg.

Isak - who joined the champions from Newcastle for a British-record fee of £125m on September 1 - suffered the injury at Tottenham Hotspur on December 20 and only returned to first-team training on Thursday after 101 days on the sidelines.

The timing is good for Slot as the Reds prepare to face a crucial end-of-season run across three competitions that could decide the Dutchman's future at Anfield, beginning at the Etihad on Saturday lunchtime.

Isak will not be fit enough to start that FA Cup last-eight tie, although the striker could be on the bench.

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"No, it will definitely be too fast to expect him in the starting line-up," Slot confirmed in his pre-match press conference. "He's trained with us yesterday...