16-year-old Rio Ngumoha came off the bench to snatch the winner at St. James Park as Liverpool withered Newcastle storm to beat them 3-2 on Monday night in the Premier League.
With the goal, Ngumoha made history as the youngest scorer in the club’s history when he struck with virtually the last kick of a breathless encounter in a game that saw Newcastle come from two goals down to restore parity despite being a man down.
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Liverpool took the lead ten minutes before the break when Ryan Gravenberch’s low shot beat Nick Pope, helped by a slight deflection off Fabian Schar. Anthony Gordon, playing up front, was shown a red card by referee Simon Hooper for a rash late challenge on Virgil van Dijk in the dying minute of the first half.
The Reds doubled their advantage within 30 seconds of the restart when Hugo Ekitike, the striker who snubbed the Magpies to move to Anfield instead, scored with a low, placed right-foot finish.
Newcastle refused to give up and pulled a goal back through Bruno Guimaraes after 57 minutes before substitute William Osula got in ahead of Gravenberch to bundle in the equaliser past Alisson after 88 minutes.
Liverpool looked to have thrown away a victory that looked certain in the early moments of the second half – until substitute Ngumoha, at 16 years and 361 days, provided a sensational climax when left unmarked to fire home in the 10th of 11 added minutes.
His winner also made him the fourth youngest scorer in Premier League history, behind James Vaughan, James Milner and Wayne Rooney.
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