‘Perfect game’ – Paul Merson urges Slot to hand one Liverpool player first PL start of the season today

Paul Merson believes that Liverpool’s match this afternoon provides the ‘perfect’ opportunity for Arne Slot to hand one player his first Premier League start of the season.

Although his substitute appearances have been more frequent this term compared to last, it’s been another campaign in which starts have been few and far between for Federico Chiesa, whose only involvement from the first whistle has come in much-changed line-ups in the Carabao Cup.

All 12 of his top-flight outings have been off the bench...