{"id":351657,"date":"2025-08-17T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/351657\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:56:11","slug":"why-federico-chiesa-hugged-unsung-liverpool-staff-after-anfield-winner-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/351657\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Federico Chiesa hugged unsung Liverpool staff after Anfield winner – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federico Chiesa<\/a>\u2018s unlikely winner became the story of Liverpool\u2019s Premier League<\/a> opener, and it was striking that he celebrated with two of the lesser-known staff.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt took me one year to score in the Premier League<\/a>, but better late never!\u201d was Chiesa\u2019s reaction when speaking after Liverpool\u2019s 4-2 win over Bournemouth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Italian came off the bench to secure victory after seeing the Reds let a two-goal lead slip, with his volley making it 3-2 in the 88th minute.<\/p>\n

Chiesa\u2019s goal has led to calls for him to stay beyond the summer, having previously been expected to return to Serie A with a number of clubs interested.<\/p>\n

While it remains to be seen whether the No. 14 indeed remains at Anfield or this will instead be a perfect sign-off, but there is clearly more to his story than many appreciate.<\/p>\n

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That showed as Chiesa made a beeline to first-team doctor Amit Pannu and psychologist Lee Richardson at full-time, with the trio sharing an embrace.<\/p>\n

It spoke of the hours put in behind the scenes to not only allow the 27-year-old to adjust to the physical demands following his \u00a310 million move from Juventus, but also the support he required mentally.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Italia<\/a> after Liverpool\u2019s win, Chiesa said: \u201cThis goal repays me for the work I\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year I arrived in difficult conditions, I hadn\u2019t trained at Juve and I arrived here struggling, with a rhythm on another level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why this decision was made, but not training for a month penalised me in my journey at Anfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pannu arrived at Liverpool last summer, having previously held roles at Blackburn and then Derby after over a decade working in rugby.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Richardson was appointed in 2019 and has been increasingly influential stationed at his office at the AXA Training Centre, and more often than not is seen working with the coaching staff on the outdoor pitches.<\/p>\n

Chiesa\u2019s integration was clearly a tough one to navigate, requiring a bespoke fitness programme which found him at odds with the demands of Liverpool\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n

But if he is set to stay on Merseyside this season it will be due to the hard work of the forward himself along with that of staff such as Pannu and Richardson, who are just as important as those seen prominently on matchdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federico Chiesa\u2018s unlikely winner became the story of Liverpool\u2019s Premier League opener, and it was striking that he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-351657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115044220034783433","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}