Alexis Mac Allister has insisted that he feels “good” both mentally and physically after having his fitness questioned throughout the season so far.
Liverpool’s No. 10 has been unable to replicate the high standards he set last season, not that he is the only one, after a disrupted summer due to injury.
After being managed at the backend of last season, Mac Allister then had a compromised pre-season due to injury, which has seen Arne Slot continually preach for patience.
Mac Allister has, however, now played the full 90 minutes for three successive games for the first time since April, and after the win at West Ham addressed his fitness status.
“I feel there was a lot of talking about me and how I feel physically,” he said, via the Liverpool Echo.
“To be completely honest, it’s been a long time that I feel good and I know that when you lose people are going to keep talking and talking and talking.
“But it is completely fine. I feel good mentally and physically. So I just need to show it.”
Mac Allister’s final words are true of not only him but the entire Liverpool squad after lacklustre performances that have seen the team lose nine of the last 13 and concede first in 10 of those games.
Mac Allister speaks Spanish with Alexander Isak
The Argentine is not the only player who has suffered from a disrupted summer that bled into the season, with Alexander Isak in a similar situation of needing to show his best.
His first Premier League goal for the club against West Ham was an important step in that process, and Mac Allister has revealed that he often speaks Spanish with the striker.
“I think he’s an amazing player, we all know that,” Mac Allister said of the No. 9. “I was joking with him because he doesn’t even smile when he scores!
“I’m really happy because he deserves it, the same for Florian. I think he played a really good game. He played really good. So it’s important that they’re getting to their level.
“Alex is very quiet. He likes to be on his own sometimes. You can see that I just try to speak to him because his Spanish is quite good as well. But yeah, he’s a quiet guy and we are all happy to have him here.
“They (the new signings) are really good people. We are all in the same boat trying to get out of this situation and they are very positive. They give their best. So yeah, I think they’re really, really good and everyone likes them.”