Dominik Szoboszlai reveals the real reason for his celebration against Ireland after being called a ‘Liverpool c***’

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Dominik Szoboszlai was widely criticised for his celebration – but Ireland had the last laugh (Picture: Getty) Dominik Szoboszlai says it was not his intention to mock the Republic of Ireland and his controversial celebration in Hungary’s 3-2 defeat was just an in-joke between team-mates. Hungary had looked on course to pip Ireland to a World Cup qualifying play-off place after going 2-1 up against their Group F rivals, with Barnabas Varga’s 37th-minute stunner restoring the hosts’ lead on Sunday night.

Parrott’s last-gap hat-trick goal meant Ireland’s hopes of reaching next year’s World Cup remained intact, with Hungary’s players left to rue what might have been after being so cruelly denied at the final whistle. Parrott completed his hat-trick deep into stoppage time to break Hungarian hearts (Picture: Getty) Szoboszlai insists his celebration was an in-joke with team-mates (Picture: RTE) But in an interview with Hungarian newspaper Blikk, Szoboszlai professed his innocence, claiming: ‘This is a joke between myself and my own teammates, Andras Schafer, Barnabas Varga and Peter Szappanos. ‘If it was meant for the Irish, I would tell them.’ Though it has been a bitter pill to swallow, Szoboszlai feels there are ‘positives’ to take from the devastating setback for Hungary.

Ireland will discover their play-off opponent later today (Picture: Getty) ‘It’s still hard to accept what happened, but unfortunately you have to live with it and move on,’ he added. ‘There’s definitely a reason why this always happens to us, but we try to take the positives out of even the most difficult times. ‘We had a chance until the end. We believed we could make it to the playoffs.’ Ireland fans will be watching on with interest when the draw for the World Cup play-offs is made later today.