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Arne Slot makes big selection decision with Reds down to bare bones in attack

Chiesa’s only two starts this season have come in the Carabao Cup but the Italian comes into the side at Anfield.

Liverpool start life without Alexander Isak after the £125million signing broke his leg at Tottenham last weekend and Arne Slot is down to the bare bones in attack.

Slot has been boosted by the fitness of Florian Wirtz after he allayed injury concerns around the German.

But Mohamed Salah is at the Africa Cup of Nations and Cody Gakpo is only fit enough for the bench, so Chiesa makes his first Premier League start of the season.

Alexander Isak is facing a spell on the sidelines after breaking his leg at Tottenham

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Ibrahima Konate was absent from images from training in the build-up to the Wolves game, but he starts.

Dominik Szoboszlai is suspended so Alexis Mac Allister and Curtis Jones are among the five starters behind Hugo Ekitike in attack.

Jeremie Frimpong returned from a two-month absence as a second-half substitute in the Spurs win and starts at right-back with Conor Bradley on the bench.

Alisson starts in goal ahead of Virgil van Dijk and Konate at centre-back.

Milos Kerkez continues at left-back.

Wataru Endo, Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni remain sidelined.

Confirmed Liverpool XI: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Jones, Ekitike, Frimpong, Gravenberch

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Bradley, Gakpo, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha, Lucky.

Injured: Isak, Bradley, Endo, Gomez, Leoni

Suspended: Szoboszlai

Unavailable: Salah

Time and date: 3pm GMT on Saturday, December 27, 2025