Szoboszlai’s Free-Kick Should’ve Been A Salah Penalty – Slot

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has reacted to his cheeky free-kick goal for the club in their Champions League victory over Marseille. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he was informed that if no one was lying down for the freekick he could hit it under the wall and score, and it happened just like that.

Slot added that Szoboszlai shouldn’t have been taking a free kick in the first place because it was a clear penalty.

His words, “Yeah, I did my homework. I got told that if no-one is lying down maybe I can have a chance to hit it under the wall and no-one was lying down so I tried it, and it worked out.”

Slot added, “It was a moment from Dom, great work from Xavi as well. Although, I think it shouldn’t have been Dom who took that ball. It should have been Mo [Salah] because it should have been a penalty.

So many times this season, we have been on the wrong side of refereeing decisions and again tonight. I have also said so many times we should not rely on these wrong decisions and should still be able to win the game.

That is really positive and I am 100 per cent sure it cannot go on like this with all these decisions that go against us. It will come a time when things go back to normal. In the meantime, we have to make sure we perform in the best possible way and that’s what we have done tonight.”

WOW.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.

Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.

The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.

Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.