Dominik Szoboszlai's performance in Liverpool impresses not only us Hungarians, but also foreign writers. An international magazine, FourFourTwo, shed light on it in a video analysis, the Hungarian midfielder is a key player in Jürgen Klopp's team.

- Dominik Szoboszlai is amazing at Liverpool, and anyone who doesn't notice that he had an immediate and extremely important impact on the team's game has not been paying enough attention. Szoboszlai is Liverpool's most important player! - this is not claimed by us, but by Adam Cleary, a specialist writer for the football magazine FourFourTwo.

The captain of the Hungarian national team earned this recognition in just two months, as the analysis was published at the end of October, and now Mandiner has revived what was said then.

Cleary points out that while the 23-year-old footballer played as a right and left winger in the 4-3-3 formation in his previous clubs, Jürgen Klopp plays him in the eight, i.e. central midfield, position in Liverpool.

– This is understandable, as (Szoboszlai) has extraordinary game intelligence, is very athletic, works incredibly hard and has the intensity needed to play Liverpool's midfield, so he fits perfectly here.

The expert writer also emphasized that Szoboszlai scores a lot of balls, moreover, he is able to do so at all points of the pitch, thus helping Liverpool to return to their previous style of play. At one time, the trio of Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and Gini Wijnaldum played as a filter for the Reds, but according to Cleary, Szoboszlai - who is currently injured - performs this activity at a higher level, specifically blocking many passes. So that only defensive midfielders perform better in this field, i.e. players whose task is specifically

And Szoboszlai only does all this as a kind of extra in addition to his own work.

But the Fourfourtwo analyst doesn't stop there! The journalist reminds us how incredibly important the passing game of the Hungarian class is . He is one of the best at his club and in the league in terms of key passes and passes into the opposition penalty area, and averages 5 goal-scoring passes per game, the best of any Liverpool player. (It's another matter that his teammates can't always take advantage of the opportunity he creates. See, for example, Darwin Nunez.)

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