Dominik Szoboszlai says Liverpool need to dive to win penalties after controversial Isak incident

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“I don’t know what they expect from us: to dive or something. I don’t think we are the type of team or players to do that but from now on we might need to do it.

Timber doesn’t really care about the ball and maybe if he doesn’t pull Alex’s shirt Alex can head it in the goal.”Szoboszlai feels Liverpool are not the most streetwise of teams, adding: “It is not our type of play. I don’t think in this moment you can think this way that: ‘Oh, let me wait for someone touching me and I’ll fall down’.

But if you interfere with your hand on his back then he might not do it, then you take a chance from his point of view and it’s a penalty.”Liverpool believe they should have had a penalty for a Jurrien Timber shirt pull on Alexander Isak (Getty)Dominik Szoboszlai says his side may have to resort to diving to win penalties (Reuters)Szoboszlai made his return from a hamstring injury as a replacement and admitted he rushed his comeback earlier when he started against Brentford but came off after half an hour.“The last three seasons I want to play every 90 minutes but sometimes your body says ‘rest a little bit’ and my body told me to ‘stay calm, you’ve had enough games now’,” he explained.“I missed games against [Manchester] City and LASK and then I felt again very good after a couple of days off but it seemed I wasn’t ready but sometimes it is my heart and I listen to my heart and not my body. These decisions I made with what happened in the last weeks so today was the plan to come in – I was actually ready from the start but I’ve played 30 minutes and let’s see from now on.”