‘Needs to do more’ – Charlie Adam disappointed with Liverpool ace who had just 15 touches v Fulham

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Charlie Adam has said that one Liverpool player ‘needs to do more’ for the team, in light of the Reds’ lacklustre 0-0 draw at home to Fulham on Saturday.The Reds put in their most subdued performance of the embryonic reign of Andoni Iraola against the west London outfit at the weekend, with Bernd Leno rarely tested all afternoon at a funereal Anfield.Alexander Isak has enjoyed a strong start to the campaign, with three goals in four games heading into the match against Alvaro Arbeloa’s side. However, the Swedish marksman cut a peripheral figure on this occasion, aside from one early shot that he flashed across the visitors’ goalmouth.Adam disappointed with Liverpool forwards against FulhamSpeaking on the No Tippy Tappy Football, Adam was especially disappointed with Liverpool’s attacking players on Saturday, bemoaning a lack of killer instinct in the final third of the pitch against Fulham.The former Reds midfielder said: “They just never had that cutting edge at the top end of the pitch. [Bradley] Barcola and [Victor] Munoz never really caused any problems.

Isak, for me, needs to do more. It was a tough game to watch.”(Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images)Want more Empire of the Kop coverage?

Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustIsak was subdued against FulhamIt wasn’t just our number 9 who looked way below his best on Saturday – the same could be said of the team as a whole – but he’ll still be disappointed not to have been involved more, especially off the back of a prolific start to the season and an improved link-up with his fellow forwards.Ian Doyle wrote for the Liverpool Echo that Isak ‘didn’t work as hard as of late and disappeared for large stretches’ against Fulham, and the 26-year-old’s statistics from the game (via Sofascore) would support that view. Minutes played 90 Touches 15 Passes completed 5 Duels won 4/6 Shots 3 Dribbles completed 3 The debate around the Swedish striker often centres around the quality of service given to him by his teammates – of course we like to see our centre-forward being in the right place at the right time to finish off the chances provided for him, but that shouldn’t absolve him from getting involved in the play a bit more.Without intending to sound too wistful, we can’t help but wonder how Isak would’ve fared if he had Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson at their devastating creative best feeding him with one world-class delivery after another.Those eras haven’t aligned for Liverpool, sadly, so Iraola needs to find a way to get the best out of Isak with the group of players currently at his disposal, while also counting on our number 9 to be a consistently potent focal point for our attack.