Jamie Carragher lauded Szoboszlai’s assist but it now seems like the goal actually didn’t go as Liverpool had originally planned, with Curtis Jones lifting the lid on his side’s set-piece routine.





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Having expertly dismantled City with their clever routine, many Reds supporters have been left wondering whether it was planned in the first place.

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Speaking after the game, Szoboszlai revealed that it was indeed planned and the Reds had created the pattern of play on the training ground.

“Yeah, we practised it yesterday and hopefully we can do it even more times,” Szoboszlai told Sky Sports.

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With that being said, Jones has since revealed that he was actually supposed to be on the end of the routine instead of Salah.

The Liverpool academy graduate told the Premier League:

“It was planned that but in training, we did the same thing but Mo’s touch was bad so it fell to me at the edge and I scored.

So I was telling Mo, ‘Mo just do the exact same thing’ but yeah it fell to him there and he went and scored so I am happy.”

Liverpool entered the game with just three set-piece goals to their name, the joint fewest of any team in the Premier League.

So their goal may come as a surprise to some, especially with Man City having conceded the joint fewest set-piece goals this season (two).

Speaking to SkySports after the game Slot was quizzed on whether his side had taken inspiration from Bournemouth’s set-piece routines.