Nine-goal forward SENSATION now pushing for first-team debut<\/p>\n
Liverpool signed Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak over the summer – for a combined total of almost \u00a3200m. <\/strong><\/p>\n Those two were expected to carry the goalscoring burden for the Reds in the 2025\/26 season as well as the years ahead. Ekitike has got off to a brilliant start in his Anfield career – with 11 goals scored already.<\/p>\n But the Premier League champions are still waiting to see the best of Isak – who has only two top-flight goals to his name and is now absent with a broken leg.<\/p>\n Therefore Hugo Ekitike\u2019s hamstring injury hasn\u2019t come at an ideal time.<\/p>\n Liverpool were forced to play without a natural No9 in the recent games against Fulham and Arsenal – with Ekitike unfit.<\/p>\n LFC x adidas<\/p>\n LFC x adidas<\/p>\n LFC x adidas Third Kit<\/p>\n Owing to Isak\u2019s injury it has been necessary to use the 23-year-old more than what Arne Slot would consider ideal<\/strong><\/a>. And the upshot is that the former Eintracht Frankfurt man is now injured.<\/p>\n Liverpool have got a game against League One Barnsley on Monday night in the FA Cup third round. Under ordinary circumstances you would expect Slot to shuffle the pack and give his first-choice troops a rest against lowly opposition.<\/p>\n That possibility looks more likely given Liverpool\u2019s current injury troubles – meaning we could see a young striker given his chance on Monday.<\/p>\n And who better to consider than <\/strong><\/a>Keyrol Figueroa<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n The 19-year-old striker has been tearing it up at Premier League 2 level – scoring nine goals in 10 matches overall for Rob Page\u2019s side.<\/p>\n The son of former Wigan player Maynor Figueroa has scored SEVEN goals in his last FOUR appearances at that level – with his latest interventions rescuing the game against Norwich on Friday.<\/p>\n The USA youth international hit two late strikes having come off the bench in the away fixture – converting a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 win.<\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s other young options are painfully thin – with Jayden Danns still injured and Will Wright working his way back to fitness too.<\/p>\n Arne Slot has already called upon Figueroa for the first team<\/a> once this season – offering him a place on the bench for the EFL Cup defeat to Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n Given his form it may be time to give a player with the Midas touch in front of goal his opportunity against Barnsley.<\/p>\nKeyrol Figueroa in red-hot form<\/h2>\n
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\n <\/a><\/p>\nArne Slot should start Keyrol Figueroa<\/h2>\n