Szoboszlai makes alarming Liverpool admission following Man City drubbing | OneFootball

Dominik Szoboszlai admits that Liverpool were lacking fighting spirit and mentality after suffering a heavy defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup on Saturday. 

Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick and Antoine Semenyo scored another goal, while Mo Salah missed a penalty as City advanced to the semi-finals.

“We had chances and missed them, we conceded an easy penalty,” Szoboszlai told TNT Sports. “We lose 4-0. We cannot concede as much as we concede. Nothing else to say.

“It’s hard to win here. After 1-0 down you still believe. At 2-0 down, it’s our own fault to come in at half-time conceding in the last minute another goal. At 2-0 the chances are lower and lower.

“You come out and want to show we are able to come back and you concede a third one, from then on there is no more chance to come back.”

Szoboszlai admits Liverpool lacked fighting spirit against Man City

Asked what missing from Liverpool’s performance, the Hungary international responded: “The fighting spirit wasn’t there enough, the mentality wasn’t there enough. None of us were there to be honest as much as we could.

“It’s a hard time but we have to stick together. On Wednesday there is another chance but we have to get in our head this is not the season we would like to end.”

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Pressed on why the mentality wasn’t there for Liverpool, Szoboszlai added: “That’s a good question. I don’t know. It’s hard to find words to be honest. We wanted this one so much. You lose 4-0 at City and it’s not the best.”

The Merseyside outfit will now look to bounce back in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals next week when they face PSG in their last bid to win a trophy this season.

“We have to forget as much as we can and as soon as we can and just keep on fighting all the time.

“I always say when we do it and we are winning, when we don’t do it we are losing. You have to fight, work hard, be there for each other and that’s what we are missing sometimes.”

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