Diogo Jota has paid tribute to Federico Chiesa after the Liverpool forward scored his first goal for the club in the Reds’ 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley. The Italian came off the bench at half-time against the League Two outfit to make only his fifth appearance for the club.

Diogo Jota has described how “happy” Liverpool’s players are for Federico Chiesa after scoring his first goal for the club. The Italian has had a tough opening half-season to his Reds career, not yet starting a single Premier League game and struggling to make an impact.

Liverpool coach Arne Slot admits Federico Chiesa has been 'unlucky' but is happy the Italy international was part of the squad that scored two late goals

Federico Chiesa has played just 171 minutes for Liverpool since his summer move and Arne Slot has now explained why it has not been easy integrating him into his team. Chiesa arrived at the end of August after being frozen out at Juventus, forcing him to undertake a long fitness journey to be considered for selection by Slot.

While Virgil van Dijk is continuing at the heart of the defence, Jarell Quansah makes way for Ibrahima Konate into the XI. Andy Robertson is also likely to regain his left full-back role, sending Kostas Tsimikas back on the bench.

Speaking in Monday's pre-match press conference, Slot explained that Jota will be out for 'weeks rather than months' along with Joe Gomez, who sustained a hamstring injury at the

Federico Chiesa has been heavily linked with a move away from Liverpool, but the Italian may have something else on his mind now.

Liverpool return to Champions League action when they host Lille at Anfield on Tuesday night but will be without the injured Diogo Jota.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has confirmed that Diogo Jota will be out for weeks not months after overloading a muscle in recent weeks.

The Italian winger has struggled to hold down a regular spot in the Liverpool side since his arrival from Juventus last summer, and Slot explained why he has been reluctant to throw Chiesa back in.

Liverpool continued their sheer domination in the Champions League as they overpowered LOSC by 2-1 on Tuesday night. With their latest win they qualified to the next round directly and will not need

Diogo Jota is out again after sustaining an injury in Liverpool's game against Nottingham Forest and he is set for several weeks on the sidelines, according to Arne Slot