Dominik Szoboszlai was the one who raised the score to 3-0 in Liverpool's 4-0 victory over Tottenham in the semi-final second leg of the League Cup. The Hungarian midfielder was the highest score by Sofascore in the match with 9.1. From being a contract that is not too prominent from the previous season, Szobo plays the more confident and becomes an irreplaceable link of Arne Slot.
Despite kicking the midfielder, when there is a ball, Szoboszlai is always considered Liverpool's fourth striker on the field. The strongest point of the 24 -year -old star is the ability to move sensitive. When there was no ball, Szobo's pressing strength was very explosive, he never let the opponent have the comfort to deploy the ball towards the home team.
The Szoboszlai position plays almost like a classic "10" but more attacking. However, the Hungarian star still has the ability to regulate the pace, excellent endurance to keep the rhythm from the beginning to the end of the match.
Returning to a Liverpool match in September 2024, before AC Milan at the UEFA Champions League, Arne Slot threw the student a pair of gloves when the two teams stepped out. That action of the Dutch strategist is as if adding confidence to Szoboszlai.
"What we feel most clearly is that he participates in the attacking front a lot and is very effective. For a Liverpool staff attacking, the index needs to be more positive after each game" - Arne Slot shared.
Moving to Liverpool from the summer of 2023 but Szobo's first season at Anfield is not as expected. The 24 -year -old midfielder was compared too much with the legendary Steven Gerrard when he inherited the number 8 shirt. The pressure for Szoboszlai was so great that a young player like him could not overcome. At the end of the Jurgen Klopp dynasty, he often sat on the bench.
However, by this season, with the reasonable rewinding of Arne Slot, Szoboszlai was rotated between the competition and a rhythmic break, so every time he went to the field, he had the most powerful physical strength to shine. Since the beginning of the season, Szobo has had 4 assists and 5 goals. In the last 8 appearances, Szoboszlai participated in 5 goals of The Kop.
In the victory over Tottenham, Szoboszlai had a very good index. He has released 5 finishes, 9 touches in the penalty area, creating 5 chances, gaining control of the ball 9 times and having 1 goal. Szoboszlai also won all 3 balls and completed 36/40 passes (90%).
No Liverpool player has such an impressive index since Philippe Coutinho in the 7-0 victory in the Champions League in 2017.
One of the other factors that makes Szoboszlai play sublimated this season is the great progress of Ryan Gravenberch. There was a Dutch star who played behind, Szobo could spread ahead and no need to worry too much about the defensive front. Not only Gravenberch, Curtis Jones also has an excellent match when contributing to strangling Liverpool midfield.
All three stars are the ones brought back by Jurgen Klopp. Arne Slot has inherited and promoted in a very excellent way. Not only Gravenberch and Jones, Slot still has Mac Allister and Endo as a rotating pedestal for Szoboszlai. Therefore, from now until the end of the season, as long as the Hungarian midfielder keeps his form, he will always be facilitated to tape forward.
