Arne Slot says he is delighted to see Dominik Szoboszlai get the wider credit his Liverpool performances deserve
the midfielder opened the scoring in a 2-0 win over Newcastle United on Wednesday night.
Having struck at Manchester City on Sunday to help seal a first win at the Etihad for 10 years, the Hungary captain fired in his eighth of the campaign when his left-footed effort beat Nick Pope at Anfield as the Reds beat the Magpies
Slot says he has been impressed with the work rate of former RB Leipzig midfielder Szoboszlai all season
Slot
"I am very pleased for him because he is the type of player that always looks for a team-mate in a better position than him,"
"If he has a chance and that is also what you saw against Villa, when he played that ball square to Darwin (Nunez).
“So for him to be on the scoresheet now, for a player as humble as him when he has a chance but especially for the unbelievable work he does for the team.
“He deserves the man-of-the-match award, he deserves the credit he is getting.
“Probably he gets the credit now even more for the people who are judging players not only on work rate but also goals and assists.
"I think they (the midfield trio) have improved but if I tell you now that they didn't improve and no-one has, then I would say I give myself a lot of criticism.
“So now I give myself a compliment by saying they have improved! No, no, they have put so much work in and they work so well together and I think they did improve.
"I think if you wear the Liverpool shirt as a midfielder you should score goals, maybe except as a 6 but an 8 or 10, they should provide goals as well, when needed.
“But it has not always been needed to provide the assists, but today, they showed up and we depended on goals from them."
Slot added:
"Is it less stressful or more from the stands? A bit of both.
"Watching it real time is less stressful or less emotional, let's put it that way, because you don’t feel the emotions and the energy of the players. You have a better overview.”
“The downside is you see replays as well, as you know from the reason I was suspended is that I can get emotional about certain decisions, so the downside is I can see the replays, especially after five minutes. But okay, it was a great team performance."
Comments