Ngumoha in dream Premier League debut with late winner for Liverpool at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, England: The absent Alexander Isak dominated the buildup to Newcastle United’s clash at home to Liverpool but the Swede was temporarily forgotten in a rip-roaring contest that ended 3-2 to the reigning champions thanks to a stoppage-time winner by teenaged Premier League debutant Rio Ngumoha.
Isak’s desire to leave Newcastle, with Liverpool his destination of choice, guaranteed a boisterous St. James’ Park atmosphere and it seemed Arne Slot’s visitors had buckled as they threw away a flattering 2-0 lead against a side reduced to 10 men by Anthony Gordon’s red card in first-half stoppage time.
But 16-year-old Ngumoha broke Newcastle’s hearts shortly after coming off the bench, thrashing in the winner with a first-time right-foot shot in the 10th minute of stoppage time to become Liverpool’s youngest ever scorer and the fourth youngest in Premier League history.
It was a sickening blow for Newcastle who were again without outcast striker Isak, but who began the game in superb fashion.
