The teenage striker made the most of his Borussia Dortmund opportunity, much to the delight of coach Peter Bosz
Borussia Dortmund coach Peter Bosz praised Alexander Isak for taking his chance in his side's DFB-Pokal thrashing of Magdeburg.
Sweden international Isak marked his first Dortmund start with a maiden goal and an assist in the 5-0 victory on Tuesday.
Bosz hailed the impressive 18-year-old, urging the former AIK forward to continue grabbing his opportunities behind first-choice Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
"Alex works hard in training," he told a news conference.
"He has Auba above him in the pecking order, so it's not easy for him. When he gets the chance, he needs to take it. He did so today."
Isak set up Gonzalo Castro for the opener before netting his maiden Dortmund goal just after half-time.
An Andriy Yarmolenko penalty, and Marc Bartra and Shinji Kagawa goals sealed the win for Dortmund.
"I'm very satisfied with the result. Winning 5-0 in Magdeburg is a good result," Bosz said.
"We knew that it wouldn't be easy, because Magdeburg attack with pace. Going 1-0 up before half-time and 2-0 up directly after the break helped us a lot.
"After that we played some good football."
lovelinea
24
Finally a really good game of our boy Isak. After all the attention Pulisic and last season Dembele got its nice to see Isak showing himself.
mailbox
17
Is it too early to call or label him as the next Ibrahimovic?
license
15
He was so close to signing for Real this summer
opaque
10
Get in Isak, hope he'll get more chances in Dortmund now. Dortmund has so much talent it's insane
Hgame
10
Isak has been very impressive. An unselfish assist and now this nice finish. What I really like is his touch though. Able to get the ball to his teammates quite well from difficult positions. Some very intelligent runs as well
Jessicaa
9
Dude is a beast in my Football Manager save for Dortmund. Looking forward to seeing more of him IRL.
lifetime
9
Has he looked good overall this pre season? People seem to forget how young he is.
enjoying
9
Dortmund offers 82m SEK, thus breaking Ibras swedish transfer record.
regman
9
good performance from Isak so far. i like how he is able to drop in to the midfield to play a one touch pass that creates more space
message
9
Id argue Isak played well during this stagnated minutes too with his trying to go down and linkup witha struggling midfield and open shit up.
dramatic
9
Alright performance. Dortmund could have done way better though. Isak played great, the kid has potential.
kmplayer
9
good performance from Isak so far. i like how he is able to drop in to the midfield to play a one touch pass that creates more space.
foreverbay
9
I'm curious how often he can take minutes away from Auba. Assuming he can keep up this level of play/effort against stronger teams, I'd really like to see Isak come in more often over the next two years or so.