Liverpool players hold emergency meeting as Reds seek to avoid 72-year low | Football | Sport
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has revealed that the squad have held a series of emergency meetings in an attempt to turn their season around and avoid hitting a 72-year low in Germany. The Reds are heading into Wednesday’s Champions League showdown with Eintracht Frankfurt on the back of four consecutive losses, including a disappointing 2-1 Premier League defeat at home to arch-rivals Manchester United.
The last time Liverpool suffered five straight defeats was back in September 1953, a season which saw them relegated from the top flight. With Ryan Gravenberch sidelined due to an ankle injury sustained in the loss to United, the versatile Szoboszlai is likely to step into one of the two defensive midfield roles. And the Liverpool players have had several sit-downs as they look to stop the rot in Frankfurt.
The Hungarian international stated: “It never happened in my career but in a lot of guys’ career they lost four in a row. We have to stick together, that’s important.
“We had a lot of meetings, we spoke with each other and the most important thing is we stay together – it is the most important thing when it is a hard time.
“We are ready to show a reaction and that’s what we’re going to do. This will turn. If you work hard and keep going the luck will go on your side.
“Hitting the post three times (Cody Gakpo did that against United), we created chances and did not let chances for the team we played against. Sometimes it happens.”
Szoboszlai added: “From two games we won only one and lost another one so we have to take the three points for sure. But most important we have to show the character we have, what Liverpool can do and what we are able to do.
“We showed it last season becoming champions and now everyone is ready for us but that’s a good thing, you have to take it as a positive and be ready for them.
“For me this Champions League campaign is something special as the final is in Budapest. But it is a long journey so we have a lot things to do, to learn and change and just focus on ourselves.”
