Dominik Szoboszlai is working exhausting to enhance his goalscoring return however insisted it was extra essential that he’s doing a “soiled job” for Arne Slot’s Liverpool aspect.
Final season, Szoboszlai chipped in with eight targets in 55 appearances for the Reds however to this point this season his solely strike got here within the 3-1 Champions League win over AC Milan in September, and that has led to complaints from sections of the Liverpool assist and, typically, his personal supervisor.
The 23-year-old stated he’s placing within the hours on the coaching floor to enhance however he’s extra within the crew’s outcomes than his personal numbers.
When requested if he was completely satisfied along with his kind forward of Wednesday’s Champions League match in opposition to RB Leipzig, Szoboszlai stated he was not.
“It may be all the time higher so, no,” the 23-year-old stated. “I can play even higher. I can rating extra targets and do extra assists. However I’m doing a unclean job for the crew and that’s most essential for me. We’re prime of league and if I don’t rating targets that’s a very powerful for me.
“If we’re prime of the league and I don’t rating a purpose I’ll take it…I’m attempting to work on it to be able to attain extra targets. It’s going to take time however I’ll get there.”
Wednesday evening will see Liverpool and Szoboszlai come up in opposition to his former membership RB Leipzig within the Champions League.
Szoboszlai spent two seasons with Leipzig after becoming a member of from sister membership RB Salzburg in 2021, leaving for Liverpool in a deal price a reported £60 million in the summertime of 2023.
“It has been a fast one and a half years (since leaving),” the Hungary worldwide stated. “I got here right here as a younger expertise and left as a grown man and now I’m taking part in within the Premier League.
“I discovered plenty of stuff that I didn’t know earlier than. You’ll be able to all the time study one thing from completely different coaches and completely different gamers and I can solely say constructive issues (in regards to the membership)…
“I’m completely satisfied to be again and to see outdated buddies, and in addition the followers. I couldn’t actually say a goodbye to them as a result of my final switch was somewhat bit fast.”
Liverpool travelled to Germany on the again of Sunday’s 2-1 win over Chelsea, a consequence that lifted them again to the highest of the Premier League.
In addition they have a most six factors from their opening two Champions League video games however Slot nonetheless sees a lot he desires to alter about his aspect.
“You’ll be able to’t ask for rather more relating to the outcomes, however relating to what we wish there may be all the time room for enchancment,” he stated.
“I don’t assume we outplayed Chelsea, we actually didn’t, I believe they had been extra dominant with the ball. In a perfect world you’ll have seen us dominate the sport like we did so many different video games. We aren’t there but.
“The advantage of the crew and our result’s once we face a crew like Chelsea or (Manchester) United you see a crew combating for each centimetre, each metre, combating for each second and that may be decisive within the sport and that’s what we confirmed.
“I’m hoping that within the close to future we are going to play a troublesome sport just like the Milan sport or the United sport and be extra dominant than we had been in opposition to Chelsea.”
Diogo Jota didn’t journey to Germany after struggling an damage in opposition to Chelsea, with Slot saying he doesn’t understand how lengthy the ahead can be out with bruising.
Conor Bradley and Federico Chiesa have likewise not travelled, together with longer-term absentees Alisson Becker and Harvey Elliot.
