Federico Chiesa was one of the few Liverpool players to come out of their Carabao Cup final defeat with credit
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Federico Chiesa has posted to social media after his goalscoring cameo in Liverpool's Carabao Cup final defeat.
Federico Chiesa has posted to social media after his goalscoring cameo in Liverpool's Carabao Cup final defeat.
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Federico Chiesa has taken to social media following Liverpool's 2-1 Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle United. The Italian netted the consolation at Wembley, as he made an important contribution in a rare outing.
Chiesa has endured a frustrating period since moving to the Premier League from Italian giants Juventus after being consigned to just three appearances in the top flight, amounting to 25 minutes. The 27-year-old was introduced with Arne Slot's side chasing the game against the Magpies, and the change from the Dutchman had the desired effect.
The Italy international was a threat and picked up a goal after linking up with fellow substitute Harvey Elliott to reduce the arrears. Following the Reds disappointing week, the impact from Chiesa has sparked a debate over whether he could be utilised to relieve the pressure on the current attackers going into the final nine games of the season.
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Taking to Instagram, he posted a picture of him in action captioned: "@liverpoolfc #YNWA (You'll Never Walk Alone) [red heart emoji."
The Liverpool head coach admitted that the recent schedule that the Reds have been under has played part in the lack of opportunities for Chiesa. He said: "That’s of course more difficult, because these players hardly train with the starters if you look at our schedule in the last three or four months.
"So if we play for example on Saturday and then we play on Tuesday again, then on Sunday the ones that played on Saturday only do a recovery session, so they’re not on the pitch.
"And then it’s the day before the game and it’s maybe 10, 15 minutes of tactics, where it’s more walking football than playing football. So there’s hardly ever a moment when they can compete with each other.
"But the day after the game I’m always outside, my assistants have great exercises and the players always show themselves in these moments. So those are moments to show where you are. If you’ve improved, yes or no, and if you come closer to the players that are starting – and of course, when they come in [off the bench].
"I agree that for the ones that don’t start, it’s not an ideal world that we have so many games, that’s completely true."