After his outstanding performance in the Carabao Cup encounter against Leicester, Dominik Szoboszlai has garnered the confidence of Liverpool supporters who feel they have finally found the right person to wear Steven Gerrard’s celebrated number eight shirt.
Szoboszlai showed off his skill in the match by scoring an incredible goal that enabled Liverpool to come back from behind and win 3-1 at Anfield, moving them into the competition’s fourth round. He fired a hard shot from just outside the penalty area that struck the net off the underside of the crossbar, creating a lot of commotion around the goal.
Szoboszlai scored his second goal for Liverpool with this goal, having joined from RB Leipzig in the summer transfer window. The striker was compared to one of the team’s all-time finest number eights, Steven Gerrard. Inspired by Szoboszlai’s display, the supporters praised the midfield player on social media, speculating that they might have at last disco.