Dominik Szoboszlai hits back at ‘disrespectful’ Liverpool claim - ‘I would do the same’

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Dominik Szoboszlai has refuted claims that he was ‘disrespectful’ against Barnsley and suggested he would do the same again despite his error. The Hungarian midfielder was slammed for his howler against the League One side in their FA Cup clash with Liverpool earlier this month.

He attempted to backheel the ball to goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvilli, only to get it woefully wrong and hand the ball to Adam Phillips, who scored. Szoboszlai issued an apology in the aftermath, albeit the mistake did not go down particularly well with Barnsley boss Conor Hourihane.

Speaking afterwards, he said: "I was a little bit disappointed with our goal. I don't think a player does that against Chelsea , against Arsenal or in a Champions League game. I'm a little bit disappointed with that to be honest. I thought my lads were top.

"Yeah, potentially [it was disrespectful]. He doesn't do that against Arsenal, Chelsea or a Champions League game. He doesn't do that."

Speaking out after a difficult few weeks in which he made the error against Barnsley and missed a penalty against Burnley , Szoboszlai has suggested that it was never his intention to disrespect the League One side.

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“For me, personally, it's been a tough week," he said. "I made a mistake against Barnsley but I have to make it clear it wasn't disrespectful in my opinion and I would do the same against Arsenal, City and against Chelsea as well.

"I didn't want to give it back to Giorgi (Mamardashvili), I wanted to keep going but I tried to pretend that I was playing it back, just to make it clear.

"(On Saturday) I missed a penalty but I'm going to keep on going, I'm going to take the next one and I'm going to score I'm pretty sure."

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Szoboszlai has been one of the shining lights for Liverpool across what has been a tricky campaign. The former RB Leipzig man has six goals to his name already but boss Arne Slot claimed that he would hold talks with the midfielder about his error.

Speaking after the win against Barnsley, the Dutchman said: "I don't think you should do that in a Premier League game, League Cup game, friendly game or a training session. It's a weird choice and I also have my opinion about it but I prefer to keep that to myself and speak about it with Dom."

Liverpool and Szoboszlai will be back in action this coming week as they travel to Marseille in the Champions League ahead of a trip to Bournemouth at the weekend.

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