Speaking after the Champions League win against AC Milan last week, Arne Slot revealed that supporters would "see more of the players that haven't played a lot today or in other games in the future soon." He was responding to a question on Federico Chiesa, but several teammates will have taken notice. A number of players had barely played 90 minutes in Liverpool 's first five games of the season and were eyeing more game-time on Saturday and Wednesday.
Darwin Nunez was handed his first start of the season during the weekend win over Bournemouth and repaid his new manager with a goal. Jarell Quansah marked his first line-up inclusion since the opening day in converse fashion, recording the first own goal of his senior career in Wednesday's 5-1 League Cup rout of West Ham . He can count himself quite unfortunate given he knew little about it, though, as Wataru Endo smacked the ball against his leg from a few yards.
Major Man City Premier League legal battle 'update' emerges as Everton and Liverpool 'denied vote' West Ham boss in crutches on training ground after incident on Liverpool touchline The 21-year-old did not let that faze him as he put in a decent shift for the rest of the match, completing his first competitive 90 minutes under Slot. The same applies for Joe Gomez, who had only earned 11 minutes before kick-off, while he even captained the side. Gomez is an interesting case study considering what happened this summer.
As revealed by the Liverpool ECHO , Gomez was part.