Liverpool are monitoring Dominik Szoboszlai after the midfielder picked up a knee complaint during Sunday\u2019s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace. Andoni Iraola admitted the Hungary captain was not fully right, saying the concern is exactly the sort of problem the club wanted to avoid at this stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cDom has… I don\u2019t know [if it\u2019s] a problem, but he definitely wasn\u2019t 100%,\u201d Iraola told assembled media in the wake of a 3\u20131 win . \u201cI think he extended a little bit the knee, it was fine, but not 100%, so he has to be careful to see if he can play with the national team or not.\u201c<\/p>\n
The manager made clear that his hope is for Szoboszlai to be held back from international duty if needed. Liverpool have already been through one painful spell this season, and Iraola was keen to stress that another repeat would be unwelcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last thing we need now is to lose players in the international games,\u201d Iraola lamented. \u201cLast time, in the international break, we lost three very important players, so now I\u2019m praying\u2014it\u2019s the last thing we need.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will see,\u201d the Basque boss added, \u201cand also hope that it doesn\u2019t happen like the other break where we lost Alex [Isak], Cody [Gakpo] and Dom. So, touch wood we are in a better place in two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is not the first time Szoboszlai has faced a fitness issue this season. He had earlier suffered a hamstring problem while away on international duty in the fall, which ruled him out of a notable meeting with Manchester City, a match Liverpool lost 3-0.<\/p>\n
He was also expected to miss Austrian outsider LASK in the Champions League, but Iraola brought him back for the Premier League trip to Brentford. That decision lasted only half an hour, and those were the only minutes he managed for Liverpool during the whole of October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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