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Dominik Szoboszlai sends timely Liverpool reminder to Arne Slot as he explains brilliant Panenka

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Liverpool star scored a Panenka penalty for Hungary last night, of a UEFA Nations League clash with the ultimate show of composure.

After a mixed start to the season so far under , it doesn't look like Szoboszlai is lacking confidence. The main man for his country, the Reds' number eight will be hoping that goals can come more regularly for his club side too.

"We walked, slid and climbed a lot. We discussed this before the game," Roland Sallai said (via ). "We didn’t want to run into a match like in Holland or Germany. Fortunately, thanks to Szoboszlai’s excellent penalty kick, this was achieved. By the way, we knew that he would shoot like this, we are glad that he came in."

"I was very confident that the judge would award the penalty. After that, there were no more questions for me because Szoboszlai is a sure-footed penalty kicker," goalkeeper Denes Dibusz added.

"This week, I practiced the Panenka against [back-up goalkeeper] Peti Szappanos, who was also a little nervous that I succeeded against him," Szoboszlai said after the game. "So far, I have shot 19 penalty kicks to the right hand of the goalkeepers. I was of the opinion that if the goalkeeper stays in the middle during injury time, he deserves all the praise."

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Szoboszlai is likely to start as takes on Southampton this weekend with flying back from Argentina. The Hungarian could play alongside and , who also had an excellent international break.

A few days after the Premier League clash on the south coast, comes to Anfield in the before the Reds host Manchester City. Szoboszlai is likely to play a significant part in each of those games as a huge period in the season begins.

Liverpool.com says: Szoboszlai has a huge amount of talent. He works really hard but he needs to add more contributions in the final third if he is going to play as a number 10. He is capable and this penalty showed the flair he has when he is in a confident mood.

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