Andoni Iraola discussed the fitness of midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai after he picked up an injury in Liverpool's 3-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 8: Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool FC and Yeremy Pino and Daichi Kamada of Crystal Palace in action during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Crystal Palace FC and Liverpool FC at Selhurst Park on November 8, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/Getty Images)
Dominik Szoboszlai wore a knee brace in the second half of Liverpool's win at Crystal Palace after picking up a first-half injury (Image: Sebastian Frej/Getty Images)
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Andoni Iraola hinted that Dominik Szoboszlai's knee injury might force the Liverpool midfielder to pull out of Hungary duty for the international break.
Reds vice-captain Szoboszlai pulled up toward the end of the first half of Sunday's 3-1 win at Crystal Palace and emerged for the second period wearing a knee brace before Trey Nyoni replaced him with 20 minutes to play.
Iraola says the issue may yet rule the Hungary captain out of their upcoming fixtures with Georgia and Northern Ireland.
“Dom definitely wasn’t 100% in the second half," the Liverpool head coach said. "The last thing we need now is to lose players in the international games.
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"In the last international break we lost three very important players in Alex (Isak), Cody (Gakpo) and Dom.
“I think Dom extended the knee a little bit. It was fine but not 100%. He has to be careful to see if he can play for the international team or not.
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“I hope we are in a better place in two weeks. I know Dom will do everything to go as he loves to play for the national team, but he wasn’t 100% when he finished the game.
“We will have to analyse, our medical staff, and see what it is. I know what I want, but I have to understand the international teams, Dom will want to go, but I’m not sure."
Liverpool took the lead through Alexis Mac Allister's header before second-half efforts from Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak rendered Eddie Nketiah's stoppage-time penalty as a mere consolation.
On Isak, who scored his eighth goal of the campaign at Selhurst Park, Iraola added: “Apart from the goal he had another one-on-one situation with the keeper (Dean Henderson), he could have scored.
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08: Alexander Isak of Liverpool celebrates after scoring their team's third goal with Trey Nyoni during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Crystal Palace FC and Liverpool FC at Selhurst Park on November 08, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Alexander Isak celebrates his goal for Liverpool against Crystal Palace(Image: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
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"But I told him the one I liked more is the movement he does for Florian Wirtz’s goal, he does very well with the first balls and leaves space in behind for Florian to arrive, a good ball from Bradley Barcola.
“It’s not just about the goals, sometimes you need that kind of help for your team-mates. In the second half situation with Victor (Munoz) he wasn’t selfish with his finishing, and he deserves his goal.
“I’m happy for Florian because he has been very unlucky in the Premier League, a couple of goals disallowed, situations where he deserved to score. Today to help us at 2-0, he also had a good performance."