The Hungary midfielder was on the centre of a controversial second-half resolution too. At 2-1, Barnsley had a penalty shout turned down when Reyes Cleary fell within the field after a problem from Szoboszlai.

“On the time I believed it was a stonewall penalty,” mentioned Hourihane. “He [Cleary] received throughout the participant and also you suppose penalty immediately. I believe somebody mentioned he [Szoboszlai] might need received a contact on the ball however others mentioned he could have thought he was in bother and began dragging Reyes’ shirt a bit.

“It might have been at a key time, 2-1, a penalty in entrance of our followers and also you by no means know what can occur after that. So a giant resolution that most likely went towards us.”

On TNT Sports activities, McCoist added: “That is a penalty. Positively. It isn’t even up for debate. Szoboszlai pulls Cleary’s shirt and catches his proper foot as nicely. I am not stunned Conor Hourihane is animated on the sideline.”

However Lescott disagreed: “If he was pulling his shirt, I might query why he fell ahead and never again. For me, that is not a penalty.”

Both means, with out video assistant referees (VAR) till the fifth spherical of the FA Cup, there was no likelihood of the referee overturning his on-field resolution.

“There was no VAR so even when he [the referee] made a mistake there wasn’t a risk to right it,” mentioned Slot. “I used to be informed it was not a penalty and Dominik performed the ball. I’ve seen on Thursday night twice issues in Arsenal’s field that have been extra a penalty.”

In the end, Liverpool made it 11 video games undefeated in all competitions (W6, D5), with this now their greatest run since going 24 matches unbeaten between September 2024 and January 2025.

That Slot turned to Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike on the hour mark was an announcement in itself and the pair mixed in model late on to make sure the latter phases have been stress free for the hosts.

Wirtz, specifically, was a category aside throughout his 30-minute cameo.

“If you happen to are available in for half an hour and you’ve got a aim and an help and some different good moments, you’ll be able to undoubtedly say he introduced one thing artistic to the group and that is what we would have liked,” mentioned Slot.

“We wished to point out that we take the FA Cup significantly,” added Szoboszlai. “We all the time take it significantly. We confirmed once more at this time we want the entire squad. The brand new guys got here in, who did not play as a lot because the others, and so they confirmed a number of high quality. We’d like everybody.”

Fortunately for him, Liverpool weren’t left to rue his second of insanity.