Dominik Szoboszlai and two teammates causing Liverpool big problems this season – Graeme Souness
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ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYThe 25-year-old has arguably been the Merseysiders’ strongest performer this season, registering 12 goals and eight assists in all competitions this term.Graeme Souness questions Dominik Szoboszlai and Liverpool’s midfieldSouness did praise our No.8’s ball-striking, but suggested his (and his fellow midfielders, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister) were letting the side down with their lackadaisical pressing.“He’s the most wonderful striker of the ball. [But] does he do the other side of it?” the Scot spoke on TalkSPORT.“When you’re talking about pushing up to the halfway line and holding a high line, you can only do that when the rest of the players in front of you are pressing the ball all the time and keeping the head down of the man in possession. Liverpool have not been very good at that this year.“How many times do you see people going straight down the middle.
The ball was going straight down the middle with Gomez and Van Dijk.“So, I would suggest a lot of the problem has been that midfield not hunting it down and keeping the opposition’s head down when they’re in possession.”To be completely fair to the former Liverpool manager, there’s clear evidence in numbers to back up his claims, thanks to James Gheerbrant’s research for The Times. Liverpool have been outrun in all but four of their 31 Premier League games this season – but although the distance statistics look damning, it’s not clear that a lack of running is the root of all their problems Read @JamesGheerbrant's analysis 🔽https://t.co/xbAzBfXgyU — Times Sport (@TimesSport) March 23, 2026Want more Empire of the Kop coverage?
Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustWhilst the reporter is correct to highlight that our struggles this term don’t all boil down to work-rate, there’s no question that it’s having an impact on outcomes for the club.Arne Slot needs to up the intensity to save his jobAt this late stage in the campaign, it seems unlikely that Liverpool can unlock another gear in intensity to finish the season strong.But the fact of the matter is that our hopes of securing Champions League football via a qualifying place in the Premier League hinge on this. Liverpool’s last five games in the Premier League 2-1 defeat to Brighton (A) 1-1 draw with Tottenham (H) 2-1 defeat to Wolves (A) 5-2 win vs West Ham (H) 1-0 win vs Nottingham Forest (A) * Liverpool’s recent Premier League formWe’re struggling to assert ourselves, and whilst that also has something to do with our fragility in physical battles and set-piece situations, our evident dip in work-rate has to be considered a contributing factor.A good place for Arne Slot to start is his training sessions, given worrying recent reports over a drop in standards from the prior campaign.