The Newcastle United striker was part of the Sweden side that thrashed Azerbaijan 6-0 in their final group game in the Nations League. The Swedes delivered a dominant display in Stockholm, with Viktor Gyokeres scoring four goals and Dejan Kulusevski bagging a brace. However, on a personal note, it was not such a good night for Isak, who missed a penalty and saw a goal chalked off in hugely controversial fashion in first-half injury time when the score was 3-0.
Gyokeres sent Isak breaking clear down the left, and the striker cut inside before drilling a low finish into the bottom corner. A screenshot of Alexander Isak's 'offside' goal (Image: Screen Shot) There was no suggestion of offside, with Isak clearly being behind the final defender when Gyokeres played his pass, but a VAR check nevertheless took place and the goal was ruled out. The verdict was clearly incorrect, but it has subsequently emerged that the VAR officials drew their lines on Isak at the wrong time.
Isak was in an offside position when Gyokeres received a pass deep inside his own half, but had moved back onside when the Sporting forward played him in. READ MORE : However, VAR made its decision on Isak’s position for the Gyokeres pass, meaning the goal was chalked off, to the fury of the Newcastle forward, who argued with the officials during the half-time break. “How is that possible? Seriously.
It's almost the worst I've seen,” said Isak, in an interview with the Sweden Herald. “I'm happy, of course.