Given Isak has a tendency to drift to the left side of Newcastle’s attack, it may be that Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate is the man who should be more aware of the 25-year-old’s threat.

But it is not just that Isak’s volume of shots (2.8 to 2.4) and efforts on target (1.3 to 0.4) per 90 have decreased, the quality of opportunities he is being afforded has also diminished.