Dominik Szoboszlai is working onerous to enhance his goalscoring return however insisted it was extra necessary 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 date 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, generally, 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 workforce’s outcomes than his personal numbers.
When requested if he was glad along with his type 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 grimy job for the workforce and that’s most necessary for me. We’re prime of league and if I don’t rating targets that’s crucial for me.
“If we’re prime of the league and I don’t rating a objective I’ll take it…I’m attempting to work on it to be ready 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 value 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 enjoying within the Premier League.
“I discovered a number of stuff that I didn’t know earlier than. You possibly can all the time study one thing from completely different coaches and completely different gamers and I can solely say optimistic issues (concerning the membership)…
“I’m glad to be again and to see outdated mates, and likewise the followers.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 outcome 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 possibly can’t ask for way more in terms of the outcomes, however in terms of what we wish there may be all the time room for enchancment,” he stated.
“I don’t assume we outplayed Chelsea, we definitely didn’t, I believe they had been extra dominant with the ball. In a really perfect world you’d have seen us dominate the sport like we did so many different video games. We’re not there but.
“The benefit of the workforce and our result’s once we face a workforce like Chelsea or (Manchester) United you see a workforce preventing for each centimetre, each metre, preventing for each second and that may be decisive within the recreation and that’s what we confirmed.
“I hope that within the close to future we’ll play a tough recreation just like the Milan recreation or the United recreation and be extra dominant than we had been in opposition to Chelsea.”
Diogo Jota didn’t journey to Germany after struggling an harm in opposition to Chelsea, with Slot saying he doesn’t understand how lengthy the ahead will probably be out with bruising.
Conor Bradley and Federico Chiesa have likewise not travelled, together with longer-term absentees Alisson Becker and Harvey Elliot.
