Arne Slot was pleased with Federico Chiesa‘s productive full debut for Liverpool in direction of West Ham, with the head coach surprised at how prolonged he stayed on.
After cameos in direction of AC Milan and Bournemouth, Chiesa made his first start for the Reds of their 5-1 thrashing of West Ham throughout the Carabao Cup.
It seen the Italian deployed on the becoming of Slot’s assault, resulting in an assist of sorts after he volleyed the ball into the underside and Diogo Jota headed in to make it 1-1.
Per FotMob, no matter solely making an attempt 12 passes and ending 9 (82%), Chiesa created two potentialities for teammates in his 59 minutes on the pitch.
That he was able to play for barely beneath an hour caught Slot unexpectedly, with the Dutchman giving his verdict on a secure debut after the game.
“It was pleasing to see that he might already play 60 minutes, on account of he has carried out hardly any minutes throughout the closing three or 4 months,” he suggested reporters at Anfield.
“So it’s very important for him – aside from getting additional match well being – to get participating in minutes. That’s what he obtained at current.
“He assisted, although it was a shot on target that was ‘promoted’ by Jota to a goal!
“Labored truly laborious, I consider it’s common that he’s not already on the prime of his functionality.
“He has to get used to the membership, he has to get used to his teammates, he has to easily get used to the participating in sort.
“Nonetheless very good to see how match match he already is, so we’re in a position to make use of him after we would like him.”
Chiesa has clearly settled shortly into the squad at Liverpool, alongside along with his pure enthusiasm rubbing off on these spherical him along with making him a handful on the pitch.
As Slot says, the hope is that he can proceed to assemble on this good start as he begins to come back again into rivalry regularly.
Whereas that may come in direction of Wolves on Saturday night time time the possibilities are excessive that Chiesa will return to the bench, with an opportunity to make an impression as a substitute at Molineux as a substitute.
Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
