Neil Mellor praised one Liverpool participant for a ‘very good’ piece of play within the Reds’ 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on the weekend.
Arne Slot and his staff have are available in for loads of criticism over the previous few days, having misplaced three matches in a row going into the October worldwide break, with Gary Lineker claiming that they’re lacking the inventive spark that Trent Alexander-Arnold used to offer and Jamie Redknapp citing the full-back positions as a significant concern.
The media response to the champions’ kind has been unforgiving, however not the entire suggestions on Saturday’s disappointment at Stamford Bridge has been damaging.
Mellor praises ‘very good’ Dominik Szoboszlai
Taking to X on Monday night as he shared clips from his evaluation on LFCTV’s Evaluate Present, Mellor singled out Dominik Szoboszlai for reward over his involvement within the transfer which led to Cody Gakpo’s second-half equaliser.
The ex-Liverpool striker posted: ‘Dominik Szoboszlai did very good for the Liverpool purpose, utilizing the area effectively to hyperlink up with Salah and ship the cross having ran 70 metres’.
Szoboszlai has been certainly one of Liverpool’s greatest gamers of late
Gakpo’s purpose was memorable for the beautiful help by Alexander Isak, however Mellor is true to spotlight the contribution of the Reds’ versatile quantity 8 within the lead-up to the equaliser on Saturday.
Having switched to right-back for the second half after Conor Bradley was substituted, the Hungarian carried the ball from deep and gave Salah an overlap earlier than attending to the byline and crossing for the Swedish striker to tee up the eventual goalscorer.
At a time when a lot of his teammates are enjoying nowhere close to their greatest, Szoboszlai has been among the many extra constant performers for Liverpool, particularly when he’s being requested to alternate so often between his typical midfield place and a right-back berth.
Paul Gorst wrote (through The Mirror) that the 24-year-old ‘carried out effectively as soon as once more’ within the latter position, and the statistics again that up. As per Sofascore, he gained 5 duels and 4 tackles (together with one because the final man), took three photographs and made three clearances.
Some pundits had puzzled whether or not the Hungary captain could be the sacrificial lamb from Florian Wirtz’s summer season arrival at Anfield, however to the ex-RB Leipzig man’s nice credit score, he’s enjoying to a degree which has compelled Slot to discover a place for him within the beginning XI.
