Szoboszlai faces scan after knee scare in Liverpool's 3-1 win at Crystal Palace

Dominik Szoboszlai will undergo a knee scan after being withdrawn during Liverpool’s 3-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace on Sunday, leaving both club and country facing an anxious wait over the midfielder’s fitness ahead of the international break.

The 26-year-old was taken off in the 69th minute at Selhurst Park, having already set up the opening goal with a free-kick that Alexis Mac Allister converted. Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola confirmed after the match that Szoboszlai was “not 100 per cent”, while the Hungarian Football Federation announced he would follow standard medical protocol and undergo tests.

“He just had, I don’t know if it was a problem, but he definitely was not 100 per cent,” Iraola said. “I think he extended a little bit the knee — he was fine, but not 100 per cent. So he has to be careful to see if he can play with the national team or not.”

Hungary are due to face Georgia and Northern Ireland over the coming week in the UEFA Nations League, and Iraola made little secret of his preference. “The last thing we need now is to lose players in the international games,” he said, referencing the previous break in which Liverpool lost Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo, and Szoboszlai himself to injury. “Touch wood we are in a better place in two weeks.”

Iraola added that both Liverpool’s and Hungary’s medical staff would assess the injury before any decision is made on international availability, acknowledging that Szoboszlai would be eager to play. “I know that he will do everything to go because he loves playing with the national team,” he said.

On the pitch, Liverpool secured a comfortable victory despite the injury concern. Florian Wirtz scored his first Premier League goal of the season after the interval, before Alexander Isak added a third. Eddie Nketiah pulled one back for bottom-of-the-table Crystal Palace with a stoppage-time penalty, but the result was never in doubt.