Belfast Telegraph

Dominik Szoboszlai confident Liverpool still in title chase

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If we were seven points clear at this stage nobody would be saying we had won the league already," he said ahead of the trip to Manchester City, one place above them in second."Last season when we were leading the way, we just stayed calm and kept on going because anything can happen."We just need to focus on ourselves, win our games and then let's see what other teams are doing."When everything works, everyone is happy and it's all positive, it's easy to stick together."The hardest thing is when you find yourself in a position where we were a few weeks ago but even then we stuck together and kept on going, believing it would turn for us."A morale-boosting and dominant win over Real Madrid was the ideal preparation for the trip to the Etihad Stadium and Szoboszlai believes they can transfer that to their domestic form."That's what we've missed I guess. I think everybody could see against Real Madrid all of us running, fighting, being there for each other, covering each other's back," he added."The most important thing is to keep going like this.



Now it's all about the Premier League and facing Man City at the weekend. We know how good they are now."Last season Liverpool did the double over City, with the 2-0 away win memorable for the sight of the hard-running Hungarian, a goalscorer that day, exhausted and face down in the turf at the final whistle.It is a quality which has been particularly evident this season while playing in at least three different positions."I just try to do my best on the pitch.

If it seems like I am a leader, then I'll keep doing that on the pitch, not outside the pitch," he said."We are a really close team. Everyone protects each other, we are there for each other, that's been the most important thing."It was suggested to Slot at his pre-match press conference that Szoboszlai's performance against Real Madrid was reminiscent of Steven Gerrard."That's probably the best compliment he can get," said the Dutchman."I think he's been outstanding throughout the whole season but these two games (Madrid and Villa) brought even more out of the team and out of him."I think Dom has a lot of qualities but I like his work without the ball every single game and in the last two games that was probably even above his own standards."