Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Monday, January 12, 2026, 10:49 p.m. / Updated Monday, January 12, 2026 10:52 p.m.
Dominik Szoboszlai (25 years old), the footballer of Liverpool, committed a major error in the duel with Barnsley, a team from League 3, in the third round of the FA Cup.
Right before the break, in a phase that did not herald a great danger, Dominik Szoboszlai committed a very big error in the box.
VIDEO. Huge FA Cup blunder by Dominik Szoboszlai against Barnsley
🚨🏴 | GOAL: ADAM PHILLIPS PULLS ONE BACK FOR BARNSLEY!
Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley.
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In the 40th minute of the game at Anfield, the third-tier side's Adam Phillips chased down a deep pass, but Dominik Szoboszlai got in front of him. The Liverpool player started to drive the ball through the box in an attempt to change the flank of the game.
In an attempt to surprise Phillips, Szoboszlai tried to kick the ball for goalkeeper Mamardashvili. The Liverpool man missed the ball and the ball was perfectly placed for the Barnsley player to score.
The error came at the score of 2-0 for Liverpool, and the “cormorants” went in with a one-goal advantage at the break, score 2-1. Liverpool scored the first time through Dominik Szoboszlai in the 9th minute of the game. Alexis Mac Allister provided the decisive assist. The advantage was doubled in the 36th minute after Frimpong's success, also from the Argentinian's pass.
Although Szoboszlai made a huge mistake in the box, the Hungarian marked a record with the first success of the game. His goal in the 9th minute was from outside the box and entered a select top. Dominik Szoboszlai has scored from outside the box this season in the Premier League, Champions League, League Cup and FA Cup. Since the 1992-93 season, i.e. the Premier League era, he is the third player to achieve this after Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise.
While Liverpool is in 4th place in the Premier League, the English first tier, Barnsley is languishing in League One: 17th in the third tier, just 2 points away from the relegation zone.
