Chiesa Makes First PL Start for Liverpool vs. Wolves

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has named Italy international Federico Chiesa in the starting lineup for the team's Premier League home match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, marking the forward's first start of the 2025-26 campaign in the English top flight.

The 28-year-old winger, who joined Liverpool from Juventus in a 12 million pound deal last August, takes up a position on the right side of the front three. His inclusion comes amid several key absences for the hosts. Mohamed Salah is away with Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Dominik Szoboszlai serves a one-match suspension after accumulating five yellow cards this season, the most recent in last weekend's 2-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur. Alexander Isak remains sidelined following surgery on a fractured fibula, with a return not expected until March, and Cody Gakpo is only recently back from injury and not yet at full fitness.

Slot made two changes to the side that beat Tottenham, with Jeremie Frimpong returning to the starting XI at right-back in place of Conor Bradley, who drops to the bench after being forced off at halftime in that game. The full Liverpool lineup features Alisson...