This Is what we paid for

£125M MAN REPAYS THE PATIENCE WITH FIRST REDS GOAL - AS CHIESA ALSO TIMES HIS IMPACT TO PERFECTION

- By PAUL GORST at Anfield

THE moment the 60,000-plus inside Anfield had turned out in the hope of seeing was served up to them by Alexander Isak on the cusp of half time.

The £125m man slotted past goalkeeper Alex McCarthy with consummate ease on 43 minutes of this 2-1 Carabao Cup victory over Southampton at Anfield, wheeling away with the sort of celebration that will soon become a regular sight around these parts.

This is what they paid the money for and while there will be tougher tests in more high-profile games, the fact Isak is already off the mark as a Liverpool player augurs well for Arne Slot as he continues reconfiguring this new-look attack.

Liverpool have basically used the first few weeks of Isak’s six-year contract figuring out the best way to get him Premier League match fit as quickly as possible.

There was the intense Saturday session that saw him take a Sunday recovery day when his colleagues were at Burnley earlier this month, before an hour-long cameo - and a first start since May against Atletico Madrid was followed up by more minutes off the bench in the Merseyside derby at the weekend.