Arne Slot has claimed a Liverpool player who is ‘very important’ to the Reds is often ‘underrated’ externally.
The Premier League leaders won 4-1 at home to Ipswich this afternoon, with Dominik Szoboszlai’s early goal taking them comfortably three points clear.
The Hungarian scored after receiving a superb through ball from Ibrahima Konate. fourth time this seasonAnd the manager was delighted to see the 24-year-old have the confidence to take the shot himself rather than laying the ball off to Mo Salah.
Slot claims Szoboszlai is ‘underrated’.
After the game, Slot was keen to highlight Szoboszlai’s contribution to Liverpool’s 16th league title and claimed our number eight is underrated outside Anfield.
The Reds manager said: liverpoolfc.com): “If you zoom in on Dom, I think he probably gave that ball to Mo early in the season. Mo can definitely score goals too, so he was a very good choice most of the time. Now he decided to score a goal himself and he did so.
“I think it’s good for him because he’s a little bit underrated. Not me, he doesn’t always get credit for the fact that he’s so important to this team. Because his work rate is incredibly high. He continues to run at the highest intensity and that is very important for a team that wants to compete for something.”
Szoboszlai shines for Liverpool with cruise control victory
Liverpool have tended to start games slowly this season and require the shock of a goal before they can wake up, but Szoboszlai broke the deadlock after 11 minutes today to take the three points with relative ease. .
He was also involved in the third goal just before the end of the first half, when his shot was blocked by Christian Walton just before Cody Gakpo put it into the net, and he also showed fans his outrageous skills in the opening 45 minutes.
according to sofa scoreThe Hungarian completed 91% of his passes (32/35), had four shots (two on target) and made one key pass. liverpool echo Journalist Ian Doyle praised the 24-year-old’s ‘energetic show’ at Anfield this afternoon.
Szoboszlai will be keen to improve his scoring output in the second half of the season. But today he showed he has the confidence and skill to score a few more goals for the Reds in the months and weeks ahead.
In a team full of world-class talent, perhaps our number eight has been somewhat of an unknown during the campaign in the wider sense, but you can be sure that Slot recognizes and appreciates his qualities.
