Isak's goals silence critics, says Rush

Under the floodlights of Anfield, former Liverpool legend Ian Rush watched Alexander Isak celebrate yet another strike and declared, “People say that Isak isn’t getting involved much but he’s scoring goals and that’s all that matters,” noting the Swede sits just behind Erling Haaland with seven Premier League goals to date.

There is a bad habit in modern football analysis, overcomplicating the job of a centre‑forward.

Touch maps, pressing angles, link play and heat zones are all useful and worth noting.

But for a striker the obvious question remains whether he scores.

Right now Alexander Isak does.

Critics have accused Isak of drifting through games and lacking involvement for long stretches.

What matters more is that the ball keeps ending up in the net.

Isak’s Premier League goal tally

Erling Haaland has nine Premier League goals while Isak has seven, achieved in one fewer game.

That is the point.

For all the grumbling about his all‑round displays, Liverpool have a striker firmly in the Golden Boot conversation.

Liverpool’s front line has not fully clicked yet, with Cody Gakpo and Bradley Barcola still building chemistry with Isak.

Even so, the Sweden international keeps producing decisive moments.

Last season, adductor trouble and a broken fibula limited Isak to 1,032 minutes, yielding four goals and one assist during Arne Slot’s final season before his exit in May 2026.

Current season minutes and goals

This season, under Andoni Iraola, Isak has already posted eight goals and one assist in 899 minutes across all competitions.

That matters because rhythm, fitness and starts are essential, and strikers do not build fluency from the treatment room.

There will still be critics, because there always are, some wanting a striker to dominate every passage of play and others demanding visible industry every minute.

But if Liverpool’s centre‑forward keeps scoring at this rate, the complaints start sounding cosmetic.

The blunt truth is simple: goals settle arguments, and Alexander Isak is giving Liverpool plenty of them.

That’s all that matters.