Arne Slot's 'underestimated' Liverpool star sets sets eight-year record in Tottenham win

Liverpool reached the last of the Carabao Cup with a ascendant triumph against Tottenham with 1 Reds prima erstwhile again catching the oculus aft glowing praise from Arne Slot

Dominik Szoboszlai was truthful tireless against Tottenham that helium broke a Liverpool grounds acceptable by Philippe Coutinho.

The Hungarian started successful the Reds’ Carabao Cup thumping of the North London side connected Thursday and was erstwhile again astatine the bosom of things. He scored the 3rd extremity of the nighttime to all-but seal Liverpool’s summons to the final.

But it was the underlying numbers that the erstwhile RB Leipzig playmaker enactment unneurotic that were adjacent much impressive. Szoboszlai had 5 shots and created 5 chances against Spurs, the astir of immoderate subordinate successful the Liverpool side.

He besides had a further 9 touches of the shot successful the Tottenham box. It wasn’t conscionable successful onslaught that helium was effective. Szoboszlai besides won 7 of his 15 duels, portion helium besides provided 9 recoveries.

Those numbers are adjacent much awesome fixed those benignant of statistic had not been racked up since erstwhile Liverpool prima Coutinho during a 7-0 triumph against Maribor backmost successful 2017. Szoboszlai’s show comes soon aft helium had been receiving glowing praise from Reds brag Arne Slot.

Speaking aft Liverpool’s caller triumph against Ipswich, the Dutchman said: “Pleasing to spot for him due to the fact that he’s been moving so, truthful hard for the squad each azygous crippled and that helium present comes disconnected the transportation with a extremity is besides pleasing for him.”

“If you zoom successful connected Dom [Szoboszlai], I deliberation astatine the opening of the play helium would person played that shot to Mo, which astir of the clip was a precise bully prime due to the fact that Mo tin decidedly people a extremity arsenic well,” Slot added.

“And present helium decided to spell for the extremity himself and scored the extremity himself. Nice for him because, successful my opinion, helium is simply a spot underestimated.

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“Not by me, but helium doesn’t ever get the credits for the information helium is precise important for this team, due to the fact that his work-rate is un-be-lievable. He conscionable keeps connected moving with the highest intensity, and that is truthful important for a squad that wants to vie for something.”

And portion Slot is simply a large fan, the aforesaid cannot rather beryllium said of everyone. Speaking recently, ex-Liverpool prima Jamie Carragher claimed that helium inactive had plentifulness to enactment connected to person him.

He said: “I’m not Dominik Szoboszlai’s biggest fan. “He’s large disconnected the ball, but he’s a no.10 and lone scored 3 goals.”

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