Arne Slot guided Liverpool to a 1-0 win at Inter Milan (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)

As two of the three new attacking totems signed to lead Liverpool into the next phase of the Arne Slot era back in the summer, the head coach has been averse to using both Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike in the same starting lineup.

Just once, prior to this 1-0 win over Inter, had they started together and that only lasted 45 minutes after Isak pulled up with a groin injury in the 5-1 shellacking of Eintracht Frankfurt on October 22.

But with Mohamed Salah left on Merseyside on account of his insubordination at Elland Road on Saturday night and Cody Gakpo and Federico Chiesa sidelined with injury and illness, respectively, Slot had little choice but to name his £200m strike force together. First

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