Dominik Szoboszlai sends message to Liverpool fans after Anfield exits - 'Everyone is noticing'

Dominik Szoboszlai has called for Liverpool fans to stick with the team as they aim for a Champions League finish this season, also detailing a meeting the players had recently

Dominik Szoboszlai looks on during Liverpool's game with Tottenham(Image: MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has urged fans to stick with the team despite a difficult season unfolding after plenty headed for the exits early on Sunday as the Reds drew 1-1 with Tottenham.

Szoboszlai opened the scoring with a free-kick in the first half, but Liverpool allowed the game to drift and couldn't kill the contest. By the time the equalizer was scored by the former Everton forward Richarlison, it felt like it was a long time coming, which explains the boos that greeted the final whistle.

"I think it should be normal that in hard times we stick together more because that’s what we need — we need each other," Szoboszlai told reporters at Anfield.

"We want to make them happy, it’s not that we do it on purpose. We want to make ourselves happy, make all the Liverpool supporters happy, but we need them.

"Last year it was for sure enjoyable to watch all the games, but this year maybe it’s not that enjoyable, for sure, I can imagine. But still support us also when we are in difficult times.

"As I said, they can be angry, but stick with us because we are a family — we need you guys. We would like to make them happy, so just stay together."

With eight games left in the Premier League, Liverpool has work to do to qualify for the Champions League. Though it gained ground on both Chelsea and Aston Villa this weekend, a draw was another disappointing result.

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates scoring against Tottenham(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

"We had already a couple of weeks ago a talk between each other saying, 'Guys, we don’t have such a lot of time to do this right so we have to wake up and start to go in a way that we want to play Champions League next season,'" Szoboszlai revealed.

"We have Galatasaray on Wednesday and that will be a tough game because we felt it there. I don’t think it helps us also that after 80 minutes, people start to go home. It doesn’t help us at all.

"Stick with us. Everyone is noticing that, and when we concede a goal, still people are leaving the stadium — you don’t leave when we score. I understand the frustration, but we need them, we need everybody, and that’s the most important."

Having moved in front against Tottenham, Liverpool should have been able to go on and score more goals. Rio Ngumoha was a positive and Szoboszlai played well, but neither had much to show for their efforts in the end.

Dominik Szoboszlai speaks to Sky Sports after Liverpool's draw with Tottenham(Image: Sky Sports)

"We played a completely different game in the second half to the first half," Szoboszlai said. "The answer for this. Why? I don’t know.

"First half we controlled the game, we played well, we were winning the balls, they had hardly created any chances — maybe a couple of headers — but we were in control.

"I feel in the second half we lost this control a little bit and it [the game] went there and back, there and back a lot of times. Sometimes we have to stay calm more on the ball and also, again, [conceded] in the last minute.

"Somehow this year is like this but we have to stick together and that’s the most important thing because the good times are always easy to stay together, but in the hard times it is the most difficult to stay together. But we have to because it is a long way to go still.

"It’s a good question (why improvements haven't come yet). If I knew the answer, I would be the first one to go to the team and say it.

"We have to find solutions. As I’ve said many times before, it’s a little bit boring when I say this, but we still need to find a solution because we are running out of time.

"If you talk about Liverpool, then the Champions League is normal. You have to be there. When I first came, we played in the Europa League, so it happens sometimes that we don’t achieve that.

"But our aim is to get in the top four or go as far as we can in the Champions League. I am going to do everything that is possible to finish in the top four but alone I’m not enough so we need everybody."