ReactionDominik Szoboszlai: We answered another question - we just have to keep going
The Hungary captain had put the Reds in front during the first half of the Premier League encounter at St Mary’s, taking advantage of an opposition error to dispatch a curling finish from the edge of the box.
However, the home side rallied to go 2-1 up by the 56th minute, goals by Adam Armstrong and Mateus Fernandes denting the visitors’ hopes of extending their lead in the table to eight points.
But Arne Slot’s men battled back to make sure that ambition became reality as Mohamed Salah equalised and then fired in a penalty to secure victory.
Read Szoboszlai’s post-match reaction when speaking to Liverpoolfc.com on the south coast in full below…
On his assessment of the afternoon overall…
We are just happy to take the three points. It was a tough game. We knew they would play well from the back and they would also take a little risk and try to play from behind and play out. But we came here to win and that’s what we did.
On his goal and it leading from Liverpool’s pressure on the ball…
That was our plan, we knew it – they want to try to build from behind and we knew they are really good. So we had to make the press really well. Everybody did well, the whole team; if one starts, the other one follows. That’s why they were under pressure, they couldn’t kick the ball long, they played it to me and I could score.
On how the Reds wrestled back control after going 2-1 down in the second half…
Of course, we didn’t play alone against nobody – they are a very good team and scored two goals. The biggest question is: how can you step up after conceding two goals? I think we showed it today, not the first time [that] even from behind we still can win the games.
On Salah’s vital contributions to win it at the end and his importance to the team…
Of course, he showed it since eight years. He is doing it almost every season, if not every season. I’m just happy to play with him, I think everybody appreciates that he’s still here and putting all the effort he is doing every game, each game by each game. It’s not only the runs he’s doing, also the goals, the assists, the way he works for the team. Everybody is really happy with him.
On the mindset of the squad after going eight points clear at the top…
Last year when I came, I started to speak too much about what’s going to be if, what’s going to be if. Now I just look game by game. We are eight points [ahead at the] top of the table, but I said it before – the season is still long and we have to just continue to look at ourselves and not what the other ones are doing.