The leaders Liverpool visited the home of the hosts Southampton in the 12th round of the Premier League on Sunday. As we wrote in advance, Arne Slot put Dominik Szoboszlai back in the team’s starting line-up, who was out of it in the matches before the national team break, and only got to speak as a substitute due to the soaring Curtis Jones. This time they were both in the starting line-up, and it was the two of them who played the main role in Liverpool’s leading goal. And the opponent’s goalkeeper.
In the 30th minute, the goalkeeper of the home team, Alex McCarthy, passed the ball to a very wrong place in front of his own penalty area, Liverpool immediately counterattacked, and under pressure from Jones, the ball went to Szoboszlai, who neatly rolled it into the goal above the goalkeeper standing slightly outside the penalty area. from his line. This was Szoboszlai’s first league goal of the season, he had previously scored a goal in the Champions League against AC Milan in mid-September this season in his club.
Watch Szoboszlai’s first league goal of the season:
Southampton equalized in the 42nd minute. The referee awarded a penalty in favor of the home team, which was saved by Caoimhin Kelleher, but Adam Armstrong, who messed up the first run, shot the rebound into the goal. At halftime the score was 1-1, the match was not over yet.
Source: magyarnemzet.hu