It goes without saying that it matters extremely little that Dominik Szoboszlai was ineffectual in his brief cameo against Fulham.
Yet, a stinker was indeed had by the Hungarian international, as was noted by the Daily Mail’s Lewis Steele on X (formerly Twitter) after the 90 minutes had passed.
According to stats compiled by Sofascore, the 23-year-old failed to complete any defensive contributions and only managed one pass (out of five attempted) in 11 minutes.
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Szoboszlai needs to improve quickly
In the grand scheme of things, no one really cares if Szoboszlai had a bit of a pants performance if the three points were secured.
However, in the context of the close title race, we could do with our £60m (€70m) summer signing kicking into overdrive.
Ryan Gravenberch, admittedly, didn’t have a world-class game prior to his lead-restoring goal, but we’ll happily forgive that.
It’s time for the leaders in this Liverpool squad to emerge and drag us over the line.