Arne Slot faces anxious wait as Liverpool consider Federico Chiesa decision

Liverpool are next up against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League with Arne Slot facing some selection issues. Liverpool maintained their 100% start to the season under Arne Slot with a 3-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday.

Two goals from Luis Diaz and another from Mohamed Salah handed the Dutchman the finest league start by a new Reds boss since 1895. The approaching international break means Liverpool now have to wait until a week on Saturday for the home Premier League meeting against Nottingham Forest.

Here, we speculate about the adjustments Slot might make when his squad plays again. He understands that things will be very different when Liverpool resumes after the most recent round of international games, having made just one alteration to his starting lineup in the first three Premier League games.

Seven games in 22 days will begin to test Slot’s squad’s depth after the customary nervous wait for his players to return unscathed from representing their nations (of those that played against United). Only the suspended Darwin Nunez is not on international service.

Given that Liverpool kicks up their Champions League campaign against AC Milan four days after the Forest game, the head coach would be inclined to begin rotating players. Alisson Becker, however, is anticipated to start in goal ahead of Vitezslav Jaros and Caoimhin Kelleher.

Conor Bradley, who took Trent Alexander-Arnold’s place at right-back in the last quarter of the first three games of this season, is eagerly awaiting his opportunity at the position. While Kostas Tsimikas, Andy Robertson’s first option, is in a similar situation on the opposite flank. Jarell Quansah will put pressure on Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk’s preferred center-back partner, while Joe Gomez is still an option.