Slot: How the 'incredible' Dominik Szoboszlai has improved this season

Arne Slot explained how Dominik Szoboszlai has increased his importance to Liverpool on and off the pitch this season.

The Hungarian's intelligent free-kick at Marseille in midweek means he has now had a goal involvement in all but one of the Reds' 2025-26 Champions League games to date.

With seven strikes – plus five assists – to his name in all competitions, the 25-year-old is on course for his best scoring campaign at the club.

But that attacking output is just one reason why Szoboszlai is such a key figure in the squad, according to Slot.

The head coach said at a press conference on Friday: "I think it always starts, if you want to be a leader, by leading by example. That's what he's done since the one-and-a-half years I'm here.

"He's always the one that without the ball is incredible in the way he can press – the intensity, he keeps running backwards, forwards.

"I think he improved this season on the ball compared to last season, where last season I always liked him.

"But this season he plays with even more confidence and is more often involved in chances and goals.

"He's having a good season, as some other individuals are as well."