{"id":808,"date":"2026-10-10T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=808"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:07:41","slug":"chiesa-set-for-shock-role-ahead-of-city-clash-see-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"Chiesa set for shock role ahead of City Clash&#8230; See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has hinted that Federico Chiesa could get a surprise opportunity against Manchester City as the club battles an attacking injury crisis.<\/p>\n<p>With Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike unavailable, Chiesa could return from injury and potentially feature as a striker, despite not playing a single minute this season.<\/p>\n<p>Iraola praised the Italian\u2019s work in training during the international break but admitted he still needs match fitness. <\/p>\n<p>Lewis Koumas remains Liverpool\u2019s only natural available striker, although the manager is considering alternative options ahead of Sunday\u2019s crucial clash with City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has hinted that Federico Chiesa could get a surprise opportunity against Manchester City as the club battles an attacking injury <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=808\" title=\"Chiesa set for shock role ahead of City Clash&#8230; See more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}