Dom coming to end of tightrope

DOMINIK Szoboszlai has been one of Liverpool's star players during a difficult first half of the season for the defending Premier League champions.

- By THEO SQUIRES

Already utilised in four different positions no less, in midfield and defence, he has returned five goals and five assists from 23 appearances during the campaign to date.

Consequently, supporters have perhaps been left slightly anxious while watching Szoboszlai in recent weeks, well aware that Liverpool have found themselves on the cusp of having to make do without the inform Hungarian.

For more than a month, the midfielder has been walking a disciplinary tightrope in the Premier League, after picking up his fourth booking of the season in last month's defeat to Manchester City.

His next yellow card in the English top flight, if issued before the Reds' 20th league game of the season against Fulham on January 4, will earn him a one-game suspension.