Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai happy to do 'dirty' work and wait for goals

Dominik Szoboszlai is working hard to improve his goalscoring return but insisted it was more important that he is doing a "dirty job" for Arne Slot's Liverpool side.

Last season, Szoboszlai chipped in with eight goals in 55 appearances for the Reds but so far this season his only strike has come in the 3-1 Champions League win over AC Milan in September, and that has led to complaints from sections of the Liverpool support and, sometimes, his own manager.

The 23-year-old said he is putting in the hours on the training ground to improve but he is more interested in the team’s results than his own numbers.

When asked whether he was happy with his form ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League match against RB Leipzig, Szoboszlai said he was not.

"It can be always better so, no," the 23-year-old said. "I can play even better. I can score more goals and do more assists. But I am doing a dirty job for the team and that is most important for me. We are top of the league and if I don’t score goals that’s the most important for me.

"If we are top of the league and I don’t score a goal I’ll take it… I’m trying to work on it to be in a position to score more goals. It will take time but I will get there."

Tonight will see Liverpool and Szoboszlai come up against his former club RB Leipzig in the Champions League.

Szoboszlai spent two seasons with Leipzig after joining from sister club RB Salzburg in 2021, leaving for Liverpool in a deal worth a reported £60m in the summer of 2023.

"It has been a quick one and a half years (since leaving)," the Hungary international said. "I came here as a young talent and left as a grown man and now I’m playing in the Premier League.

"I learned a lot of stuff that I didn’t know before. You can always learn