Alexander Isak who had been on the sidelines for Liverpool for most of last season scored his first goal in a World Cup competition against Tunisia.
Graham Potter’s men came firing early in the game as Yasin Ayari rifled a shot into the top corner after seven minutes following an unsettled defending from Tunisia. Isak’s goal came in the 30th minutes after linking up with strike partner Viktor Gyokeres, with the Arsenal forward holding off his marker on the halfway line before laying the ball to Isak who then doubled Sweden’s lead.
Tunisia got one back shortly before half-time when defender Omar Rekik headed home from Hannibal Mejbri’s free-kick but Sweden hit back when Isak turned provider – first for Gyokeres on the hour mark, then again 24 minutes later when substitute Mattias Svanberg scored the fastest goal by a substitute in World Cup history, just 12 seconds after coming on.
Graham Potter’s side top of Group F after Ayari added one more goal to a five-star performance by smashing home his second long-distance goal, and Sweden’s fifth. Sweden will go on to face Netherlands while Tunisia face Japan.
