Federico Chiesa's barely-believable name for his dog sums up why Liverpool fans love him

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He revealed that he had a dog – which he has since given to his mother – that he named after the legendary American actor Marlon Brando. "I had a dog, it was my dog, I gave it to my mother as a present," Chiesa revealed.

"My mum in Florence, has a garden, has an open space [so it suited the dog more]." He added: "No I'm not [a Marlon Brando fan], I don't know [why I named it Marlon Brando] – I was just choosing a name, and I went Marlon Brando. "It has nothing to do with the movies or anything that I've seen, it was just because of Marlon Brando, I guess." Chiesa was then asked what his favorite film was, and plumped for Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey.

I wasn't good at science at school, but I liked it!" The question-and-answer session featured plenty of fun questions, which a beaming Chiesa clearly enjoyed answering, and another of them saw him asked to name his 'Italian football Mount Rushmore.' Naming who he believes the best four Italian players in soccer history to be, he said: "[Paolo] Maldini, [Roberto] Baggio, [Gianluigi] Buffon, and [Andrea] Pirlo. "Because I liked to watch AC Milan when I was growing up with my father.