Dominik Szoboszlai interview: Bologna win, midfield balance and a strong start

‘We have to continue like this,’ was Dominik Szoboszlai’s message after Liverpool defeated Bologna to maintain a brilliant start to the season.

The Reds took down the Serie A side 2-0 at Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday night, making it eight wins from their opening nine in the 2024-25 campaign.

Goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah secured the three points for Arne Slot’s men, who now turn their focus towards the trip to Crystal Palace in the Premier League this weekend.

Read on for Liverpoolfc.com’s post-match interview with Szoboszlai after the victory over Bologna…

Dom, what’s your assessment of that performance?

Very happy with the three points – that’s the most important [thing]. After the first half we had this discussion in the changing room and I think we came out very well. That’s how we stepped up after maybe not the best first half.

It was almost like Bologna were man-to-man marking and that’s quite a difficult style to come up against…

It was man-to-man all over the pitch. But we were preparing for this and we were also ready. But as you said, it’s not normal, so we had to get into the game and think about some different stuff what we could do.

What about this midfield balance at the moment? It seems like it’s the perfect mix between you, Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch…

Yeah, I love to play with them. I said it before, a lot of qualities what these two have – but the whole team [as well]. The midfield is not enough. Of course it’s an important role but we need everybody, we need the bench as well, we need the whole squad because there’s going to be times where it’s going to be hard and I think there are still 60 games to come!

The consistency of the line-up means recovery is so important at times like these…

The manager decides who he puts on the field. But as you saw today, who came in also gave their best – Kostas [Tsimikas], Curtis [Jones], Jots [Diogo Jota]. Everybody is ready and that’s the most important thing.

It’s been an almost perfect start to the season so far…

If you take the Nottingham Forest game away then it’s a perfect start. We are top of the league and we have to continue like this.