Dominik Szoboszlai angers Liverpool fans with gesture after Manchester City defeat in FA Cup

Dominik Szoboszlai appeared to be unhappy with Liverpool’s supporters after their 4-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Liverpool fans were seen leaving the Etihad Stadium before the hour mark after a hat-trick from Erling Haaland and a neat finish from Antoine Semenyo put City out of sight.

After the defeat, Szoboszlai approached the away section at the Etihad and began to clap, however, the Hungary international then shrugged his shoulders and started to wave his arms to suggest the Liverpool supporters were not making enough noise.

Szoboszlai was then led away by Federico Chiesa, while Liverpool supporters directed their anger towards the midfielder on social media.

A Liverpool fan named Charlie wrote on X: ‘Szoboszlai giving it to the away lads who have paid good money to watch their team get spanked and throw the towel in after 40 minutes is everything wrong with the club.

Don’t get me started on the Cherki shirt thing.

Joke.

Don’t recognise my team anymore, and that is the truth.’
Another Liverpool supporter wrote: ‘Szoboszlai having a tantrum at Liverpool fans after getting absolutely dismantled 4-0.

Mate, sort the performance out before gesturing at the people who travelled and paid to watch that horror show.’

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Speaking after the game, Szoboszlai criticised the mentality and attitude of his Liverpool teammates.

‘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,’ said Szoboszlai.

‘It’s a hard time but we have to stick together.

On Wednesday there is another chance [against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League], but we have to get in our heads this is not how we would like the season to end.’
When asked to explain the reason behind Liverpool’s mentality, Szoboszlai replied: ‘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.

‘We had chances and missed them, we conceded an easy penalty.

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 was our own fault to come in at half-time conceding another goal in the last minute.

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.

‘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.’
When asked about Szoboszlai’s comments, Arne Slot said: ‘I should ask him what he means, what he means and what period of time.

‘If he felt that was the whole game, I did not feel this until the moment they scored the 1-0.

And I think after they scored the 1-0, we were still in the game.

But then we had a throw-in, twice we conceded when we had a throw-in.

And they go so fast.

In those moments you have to defend sharper.

‘The second goal was a similar one we conceded earlier on this season over here.

And the second time that we concede just before half-time, playing Man City.

‘I miss the fighting spirit definitely in the first 10 minutes after half-time and then afterwards it was just a game where both teams accepted it was 4-0.

‘But in that 10, 15 minutes of time, I missed fighting spirit but just the willingness to win your duel, to be there first, to make it difficult for either a pass or a cross or a finish.

Yeah, that is something that we definitely have to do better on Wednesday.’
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