Federico decided the match against Bournemouth by scoring his first Premier League goal: “It repays the work done. Last year, I arrived in difficult circumstances. I hadn’t trained for a month at Juve.”

A flash in the night at Anfield. How many times must Federico Chiesa have dreamed of this: celebrating under the Kop. In the entire 2024-25 season, the former Juventus player had scored only twice, playing in just 14 games. His first goal came in the FA Cup, at home against Accrington, in the 90th minute of a 4-0 win, not exactly memorable. The other, useless, came in the 94th minute of the Carabao Cup final, lost 2-1 to Sandro Tonali’s Newcastle at Wembley. Friday’s was his first Premier League goal and it came again in the “Chiesa zone,” in the 88th minute, a goal that allowed the Reds to regain the lead after Bournemouth had come back from 0-2 down. Salah then added the icing on the cake in the 94th minute for a final score of 4-2, but it was Federico, who came on in the 82nd minute for Florian Wirtz, who decided the match.
“My first thought after the goal went to Diogo Jota,” Chiesa told Sky Sport, “to his brother and their whole family. It was a touching moment, especially winning like that. That ball helped me push it in from up there, I want to think so. This goal repays all the hard work. Last year, I arrived in difficult circumstances. I hadn’t trained at Juve and found myself struggling here, with a different pace. I don’t know why that decision was made, but not training for a month penalized me in my journey at Anfield. Slot always encouraged me. I’m very happy at Liverpool, I’m at one of the strongest teams in the world, as the transfer market has also shown.“

slot—  Reds coach Arne Slot also spoke about Chiesa after the game: ”The fans sang for him many times during the game and also last season. I think it’s great for him to give them something back, and that’s definitely what he did today. When we needed him, he answered the call. That’s a positive thing for the future of the club. There was an incredible atmosphere in the final minutes. I thought winning the league here would always be more special than winning a home game against Bournemouth, but the last six or seven minutes… wow. Wow, wow, wow. How impressive it was.”