Overview
- Asked if Federico Chiesa will start more often, Slot cited competition for places and said only that every player has a possibility to start.
- Chiesa preserved a 1-1 draw at Sunderland with a full-length recovery run and block on Wilson Isidor after Alisson was beaten.
- The Italian has begun only twice this season, both in the Carabao Cup, and has come on 13 times in league and Europe.
- Since joining for a reported £12.5 million, he has been named in 50 squads but started six games, producing four goals and five assists in 29 appearances at a goal involvement every 94.4 minutes.
- Calls for him to start have grown as Mohamed Salah has been benched in consecutive matches and Slot acknowledged Cody Gakpo struggled, with Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike yet to find rhythm.