The summer of 2022 saw several Premier League clubs add a specialist No.9 to their ranks.
In came Erling Haaland at Manchester City, Darwin Nunez at Liverpool and Alexander Isak at Newcastle United. Of the three aforementioned players, Isak was the arrival greeted with the least enthusiasm yet he is showing right now why he is the name everyone should be talking about.
The Swedish striker has scored 19 Premier League goals in only 26 appearances this season, boasting the best goals per 90 minutes ratio in the division (0.88) and an equally impressive shot accuracy percentage of 68.
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Isak's debut came against Liverpool of all clubs in August 2022, and it quickly became clear the Magpies had found themselves a player with limitless potential. The 24-year-old opened the scoring at Anfield with a cool finish past Alisson and added a second goal soon after this after wrong-footing both Andy Robertson and Joe Gomez in the process, only for VAR to intervene and rule this strike out for offside.
A fortnight before this fixture, it was Nunez who announcing himself to those at the home of the Reds for the first time. The Uruguayan's maiden performance on Merseyside ended with a red card after 57 minutes for headbutting Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen. Quite the contrast to Isak's brilliance.
Isak's second trip to Anfield this season saw him get on the scoresheet once again, displaying the same ruthless nature as he had shown in 2022/23 to beat Alisson. Nunez, on the other hand, spurned a number of chances during the game and left the scoring down to Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones and
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