Slot: Isak has returned from long lay-off stronger and fitter

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"If I look at him now, compared to where he was before he got injured, I see a player that's much stronger, physically in a much better place."But going from 100 days off towards the intensity of the Premier League and the end phase of the Champions League, where usually the opposition in your face is even harder, what is realistic to expect? I've said many times that next season, when he's in proper pre-season, we can expect more from him maybe than now, but even the way he is now is already a big step forward for us compared to what we had when he was injured."'Having Mo in the form he's had for so many years will be a big help'Slot also confirmed Mohamed Salah would be available to feature at City having recovered from the muscle tweak he picked up in the latter stages of Liverpool's Champions League last-16 win over Galatasaray before the international break."Yes, he is [fit]," Slot said.

"He trained with us yesterday, he will train with us today and he's available for the game tomorrow." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Slot speaks on Salah's departure from Liverpool. Pictures from Liverpool FC Salah recently announced he would be leaving the club at the end of the season, with Slot hopeful the Egypt forward can now end his Reds career in style by winning at least one trophy come the end of the season."For Mo, I think it doesn't matter if he's going to leave the club or if he's going to stay," Slot added.

"That's what he's shown in all these eight or nine years, that he was always available in his best possible shape, and that doesn't change."Now he's leaving in the end because Mo has always given everything he's got for this club in all the years that he's been here. So I would hope that he could give maybe even more, but that's not realistic because he always gave everything he had.