👏 Szoboszlai achieves unique feat in English football in the 2025/26 season

Dominik Szoboszlai opened the scoring in Liverpool’s 4-1 thrashing of Barnsley and was one of the standout performers in the FA Cup match.

The midfielder delivered total impact in all phases of the game.

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And the match statistics ensured that the 25-year-old Hungarian wrote his name into English football history for the 2025/26 season.

That’s because, according to Opta data, Szoboszlai became the first Premier League player to score at least one goal, complete more than 100 passes (105), and recover the ball more than 10 times (12) in a single match.

This takes into account all competitions played by Premier League teams in a season.

In this way, Szoboszlai showed control of the tempo, quality on the ball, and intensity off it, delivering a complete performance.

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