Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has raved about Liverpool playmaker Dominik Szoboszlai ahead of today’s clash at Anfield.
This is a huge day in the Premier League title race.
Arsenal’s late winner against Brentford on Saturday evening has only raised the stakes as Liverpool host Manchester City today.
Nobody wants to drop points in this title race but somebody will this afternoon with Arsenal no doubt watching closely.
This may well be the final meeting between Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola and Liverpool will be desperate to back to the top of the table with a win.
Erling Haaland on Dominik Szoboszlai
The two sides are so familiar with each other from games gone past, international duty and even friendships.
Argentinian duo Julian Alvarez and Alexis Mac Allister will lock horns whilst Cody Gakpo could battle Dutch teammate Nathan Ake.
Then there is Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai, who know each other well from their time together at Red Bull Salzburg.
Both players arrived in Austria as big talents and ended up moving to Germany; Haaland with Borussia Dortmund and Szoboszlai with RB Leipzig.
The pair have found their way to the Premier League but will now have to put their friendship aside this afternoon.
Haaland has though paid tribute to Szoboszlai, telling City’s official website that he thinks the Liverpool midfielder is ‘amazing’.
“They have got some great players as well. They have bought some new players too. [Dominik] Szoboszlai is amazing,” said Haaland.
“Liverpool have many great players, but the good thing is that we also have many good players. We need to be brave when we play our football, and we need to be ready. We will try to beat them,” he added.
Szoboszlai is coming back from injury at the moment and has made two substitute appearances over the week or so.
A goal against Sparta Prague on Thursday night shows that he is ramping up his comeback and he may well start against City today.
The £60million Hungarian is a major goal threat from midfield and Haaland knows it having witnessed his talent first-hand in Austria.
Now ready to do battle, Haaland will hope to get the better of Szoboszlai and move a step closer to winning another Premier League title.
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