Dominik Szoboszlai drew Liverpool level against Atletico Madrid shortly before half-time on Wednesday night, and the assist to set him up was nothing short of majestic.The Reds didn’t get off to the best of starts at Anfield, with Marcos Llorente scoring at this venue yet again in the 17th minute after some slack defending from the home side.The frustration continued for the hosts as referee Davide Massa infuriated the natives with a series of questionable decisions, falling for a few instances of gamesmanship from the visitors, but parity was restored towards the end of the first half.Szoboszlai teed up by brilliant Araujo assistAfter Bradley Barcola’s initial shot was saved by Jan Oblak, Florian Wirtz latched onto the loose ball and laid it off to Szoboszlai, who played a pass to Ronald Araujo.The Uruguayan then pulled off an exquisite flick to Liverpool’s number 8, who took one touch before firing to the net and drawing his team level.(Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustAraujo already looks hugely confident in a Liverpool shirtSzoboszlai will rightly get plenty of credit for the quality of the finish, but the assist from the on-loan defender was simply delightful.It’s the sort of skill which deserves to go viral, and to have the ingenuity to pull it off instinctively was breathtaking and shows the confidence with which Araujo has been playing since coming to Anfield.Troy Deeney named him in his Premier League team of the week after his fine performance against Ipswich last Friday, while Liverpool Echo reporter Theo Squires praised the 27-year-old for some ‘vital’ contributions to that win at Portman Road.The Uruguay international has looked solid defensively in his early games for the Reds, and he showed with his assist for Szoboszlai that he has some dazzling skills in his locker, too!The quality of Liverpool’s second goal was also stunning, with Alexis Mac Allister crashing a 20-yard shot past Oblak early in the second half, and at the time of writing the home side are well placed to begin their Champions League campaign with a hard-earned win.You can view Szoboszlai’s equaliser below, via @footballontnt on X:Szoboszlai slots home after a brilliant flick from Araujo! Watch live on TNT Sports & HBO Max pic.twitter.com/UrHQTwtgsY— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 9, 2026The post (Video) What Liverpool player did just before Dominik Szoboszlai equaliser was simply majestic appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.