Dominik Szoboszlai has told the Liverpool fans who left their draw against Tottenham early that it is not helping the team and that they need support more in the tough times.
Liverpool were booed off at Anfield on Sunday after Richarlison scored a 90th-minute equaliser for relegation-threatened Spurs.
Szoboszlai, who had put Liverpool ahead with a first-half free kick, claimed he did not hear the boos but saw supporters heading for the exits long before the final whistle and believes they were wrong to do so.
“The good times are always easy to stay together, but in the hard times it is the most difficult to stay together,” he said. “I don’t think it helps us also that after 80 minutes people start to go home, it doesn’t help us at all. Stick with us.
“Everyone is noticing that and when we concede a goal still people are leaving the stadium – you don’t leave when we score. I understand the frustration but we need them, we need everybody, and that’s the most important [thing].
“I think it should be normal that in hard times we stick together more because that’s what we need, we need each other. We want to make them happy, it’s not that we do it on purpose.
“We want to make ourselves happy, make all the Liverpool supporters happy, but we need them. Last year it was for sure enjoyable to watch all the games but this year maybe it’s not that enjoyable, for sure, I can imagine. But still support us also when we are in difficult times.”
Szoboszlai urged fans to feel they are part of a family with the players and said Arne Slot’s struggling side are weaker without them.
He added: “I don’t say they have no right to leave the stadium. They can leave if they want. We need them and they should know this. We are one less without them.
“They can be angry but stick with us because we are a family, we need you guys. We would like to make them happy so just stay together.”
Szoboszlai believes Liverpool still have to find answers for their mixed form if they are to qualify for the Champions League, adding: “It’s a little bit boring when I say this, but we still need to find a solution because we are running out of time.”
