Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has indicated that Dominik Szoboszlai's knee injury could force the midfielder to withdraw from Hungary's squad for the upcoming international break.
The Reds' vice-captain pulled up towards the end of the first half of Sunday's 3-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace and emerged for the second period wearing a knee brace before Trey Nyoni replaced him with 20 minutes remaining.
Iraola's fitness concerns
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.
“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.
Medical assessment ahead
“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.
Isak's performance praised
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.
“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.”
