Much was expected of Dominik Szoboszlai when he took Liverpool’s No.8 shirt last summer. It’s fair to say that the last man to choose to wear the number – Naby Keita – had failed to truly live up to the hype since arriving in 2018. Keita had been the first man to play with 8 on his back since a certain Steven Gerrard. In hindsight, that was always going to be a tough gig for the Guinean. Ironically also arriving from RB Leipzig, Szoboszlai had looked better-placed to do Gerrard’s legacy at Anfield justice. And although he’s gone off the boil a little recently, that still remains the case. The …
