Dominik Szoboszlai scored what may well go down as Liverpool’s best goal of the 2025/26 season against Manchester City on Sunday.
Unfortunately for the Hungarian, his sensational free-kick will be somewhat lost in the annals of Reds’ history after Liverpool threw the game away to lose 2-1.
Szoboszlai is not the first to score a belter in a game which the Reds lost, with recent years littered with some wonderful examples. With the latest entry still fresh in the memory, here are the four best forgotten wondergoals in recent Liverpool history.
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4. Christan Benteke – Man United 3-1 Liverpool (Sept 2015)
In the final throes of Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool reign, the Reds headed to Old Trafford in September 2015.
Already 2-0 down heading into the final six minutes of the game, new signing Christian Benteke latched onto a headed clearance out of the Man United box.
With no care or concern for whom he may hit, the Belgian launched himself into a flying scissor kick, lashing the ball beyond David De Gea to bring Liverpool back into the game.
Ultimately, the hope of a comeback did not last long, and a brilliant debut goal by Anthony Martial just two minutes later is what this game is largely remembered for.
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3. Sebastian Coates – QPR 3-2 Liverpool (March 2012)
The second bicycle kick on this list, Sebastian Coates’ stunner against Queens Park Rangers in 2012 was arguably even more audacious than Benteke’s.
The Uruguayan had no right to score in the manner he did at Loftus Road in, but score he very much did.
After seeing an effort cleared off the line up towards the edge of the penalty box, Coates threw all 6ft 5in of himself at the ball. Inevitably, it rocketed into the roof of the net to give Liverpool the lead.
Dirk Kuyt would go on to double it, but QPR roared back finally stole the win thanks to an injury-time goal from Jamie Mackie.
2. Daniel Sturridge – Liverpool 1-3 Sevilla (May 2016)
When Daniel Sturridge bent in a quite brilliant outside-of-the-boot goal in the 2016 Europa League final, Liverpool had looked to be on their way to a first trophy win under Jurgen Klopp.
The English striker’s goal truly deserved to be scored by the boot of a winning team member such was its deftness and technical excellence.
Picking the ball up on the top right corner of the Sevilla box, Sturridge assessed his options before curling a sensational left-footed strike beyond David Soria.
It was a superb reminder of Sturridge’s quality, but Liverpool could not see the final out. Kevin Gameiro equalised just after half-time before a double from Coke sealed a miserable night in Basel for the Reds.
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1. Dominik Szoboszlai – Liverpool 1-2 Man City (Feb 2026)
Although all three of these were brilliant goals – and there will be more besides – we simply cannot recall a goal as good as Szoboszlai’s on Sunday which ultimately meant nothing.
It was a strike good enough to win any game, leaving one of Europe’s most outstanding goalkeepers in Gigi Donnarumma rooted to the spot.
Szoboszlai deserved to win the game for Liverpool just as he’d done against Arsenal back in August, but he and his teammates conspired to throw the initiative back to City.
The 25-year-old may never score a better free-kick in his career – although you wouldn’t totally put that past him – but sadly it will only be remembered for what happened after it, with Szoboszlai’s red card late in the game serving as a bizarre yet memorable footnote to proceedings.
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