Liverpool’s winger Mohamed Salah has rated teammate Dominik Szoboszlai as one of the best players in the world. After Curtis Jones scored in the 42nd minute against Brighton in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, Szoboszlai found the back of the net in the 56th minute. This was the 10th goal of the season for the Hungarian striker.
Salah then scored from a spot kick in the 68th minute to put the game to bed and help his team move to the fifth round of the tournament.
Asked whether Liverpool can win the FA Cup this term, Salah told TNT Sports: “It’s going to depend on his [Szoboszlai’s] performances. He is one of the best players in the world right now. It’s good for everyone and I hope we can do it again.
“I’m glad we managed to win the game today. It was very big for the confidence.”
Meanwhile, the Reds head coach Arne Slot concurred with Salah and said the Hungarian leads from the front.
Slot said: “Yes, but he is still young. He has a lot of attributes already, especially when it comes to leading by example.
“There is still a step to make in terms of leadership, a voice in the dressing room if I compare him to Virgil, which is completely normal. Virgil is 34 and has seen [James] Milner, [Jordan] Henderson and these players, so it’s really good for Dominik that he sees Virgil and that would be the next step for him; to be as vocal and as loud as Virgil is but that comes with time.
“But for all the other things, he has a lot to become a very influential player for Liverpool and you could call that a leader.”
This is the third season for Szoboszlai at Liverpool after moving from German club RB Leipzig and Slot reckons the striker has improved in the last two-and-half years.
“Dominik is great example of the model we are using at this club,” added Slot. “We sign young players from another league, in this situation Leipzig, where he was already known as a player for being really physical but I think it’s fair for me to say the player we brought in was already good but where is he now, he is much better than where he was two-and-a-half years ago.
“That is what you get if you sign young players, give them a bit of time and let them play a lot. That’s why the trajectory he has been through can be the same trajectory for other players we have signed from other leagues.”
Liverpool will next take on Nottm Forest on Sunday.
