{"id":25011,"date":"2025-10-14T17:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/1-goal-1-assist-liverpool-star-slott-shows-hes-playing-himself-in-the-wrong-position-with-a-great-international-performance\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:40:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:40:38","slug":"1-goal-1-assist-liverpool-star-slott-shows-hes-playing-himself-in-the-wrong-position-with-a-great-international-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/1-goal-1-assist-liverpool-star-slott-shows-hes-playing-himself-in-the-wrong-position-with-a-great-international-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"1 goal, 1 assist: Liverpool star Slott shows he&#8217;s playing himself in the wrong position with a great international performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/1-goal-1-assist-liverpool-star-slott-shows-hes-playing-himself-in-the-wrong-position-with-a-great-international-performance\/#Hungarys_Dominik_Szoboszlai_shines_against_Portugal\" >Hungary&#8217;s Dominik Szoboszlai shines against Portugal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/1-goal-1-assist-liverpool-star-slott-shows-hes-playing-himself-in-the-wrong-position-with-a-great-international-performance\/#Szoboszlai_deserves_a_bigger_role_at_Liverpool\" >Szoboszlai deserves a bigger role at Liverpool<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates a goal for Hungary (Photo by Carlos Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has been a little unlucky so far this season, playing a few games as an urgent right-back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian international has shown a lot of quality in midfield or attacking midfield throughout his career, including his first two seasons at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Arne Slott has been plagued by some injury issues this season, which means Szoboszlai will be shifted to cover on the right side of defence.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems clear that the Reds manager needs to try something different. This is because it is not a position in which he is very well adjusted and his quality is also lacking in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hungarys_Dominik_Szoboszlai_shines_against_Portugal\"><\/span>Hungary&#8217;s Dominik Szoboszlai shines against Portugal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominik Szoboszlai in action during Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace (Photo: Alex Broadway\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Szoboszlai returned to the national team&#8217;s midfield on Tuesday night and made the most of his impact in that position, scoring one goal and providing one assist in the 2-2 draw with Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old received a rating of 8\/10 from WhoScored for being one of the best players on the pitch and reminding everyone of what he is capable of when used correctly.<\/p>\n<p>The slot certainly needs to be looked at and find another solution to the right-back problem, but of course replacing Trent Alexander-Arnold was never easy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Szoboszlai_deserves_a_bigger_role_at_Liverpool\"><\/span>Szoboszlai deserves a bigger role at Liverpool<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In fact, Szoboszlai&#8217;s excellent performance tonight makes you think he might be a better option than summer&#8217;s big-money signing Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that the German international is the first choice for LFC&#8217;s number 10 role, but that hasn&#8217;t happened yet since his big move from Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>Wirtz should improve over time, but for now Szoboszlai looks more suited to start in that kind of role at Liverpool than to be used as a slotted utility player.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates a goal for Hungary (Photo by Carlos Rodriguez\/Getty Images) Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has been a little unlucky so far this season, playing a few games as an urgent right-back. 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