Federico Chiesa will begin his first Premier League sport for because the Italian winger options in Arne Slot’s XI for an away match at Brighton.
Italian winger Chiesa is able to begin his first Premier League match tonight as his membership Liverpool go to Brighton on the Amex Stadium.
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The Reds have already clinched the Premier League title, however Chiesa has solely made 5 appearances as an alternative in league video games this time period, spending simply 41 minutes on the pitch.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: Federico Chiesa of Liverpool scores his staff’s fourth aim through the Emirates FA Cup Third Spherical match between Liverpool and Accrington Stanley at Anfield on January 11, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Picture by Jan Kruger/Getty Pictures)
He’ll begin in Liverpool’s front-three tonight alongside Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo.
Chiesa joined Liverpool on a everlasting switch from Juventus final summer season and handled recurring accidents through the first a part of the marketing campaign at Anfield.
The previous Juventus and Fiorentina star, a Euro 2020 winner with the Italy nationwide staff, has two objectives and two assists in 13 appearances throughout all competitions this season.
Previous to tonight’s sport, Chiesa had solely began 3 times in different competitions for Liverpool this season, together with towards PSV within the Champions League in January.
How the champions line as much as tackle Brighton 👊🔴
What Slot stated about Chiesa
“By way of the standard he has, he would deserve extra taking part in time at this soccer membership or the membership he’s taking part in for, as a result of he has the standard to play for us,” the at a on Friday.
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“However sadly for him, he’s in competitors with Mo Salah when it’s about the appropriate wing. And I feel he may additionally play as a left winger however there’s Cody Gakpo and Lucho Diaz. I don’t suppose I’m flawed if I let you know that these three have had an incredible, nice, nice season. And for him beginning one or two or possibly even three nil down as a result of the second he got here in he was not as match as the opposite gamers have been.
“That then, in fact, doesn’t assist at first and earlier than he was as match as the remaining, the opposite ones did so effectively that there was not numerous motive for me to vary, and even to be in a squad then turns into tough if Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota are there as effectively. However is he ok to play for us? Sure, he’s. I’ve at all times felt that Lucho Diaz, Cody Gakpo and Mo Salah deserved the boldness I had in them and I rarely modified that set-up between the three of them.”