16-year-old player rescues Liverpool in the 90+10 minute

In the early morning of August 26, Rio Ngumoha shone to save "The Kop" from sharing points with Newcastle in round 2 of the Premier League.

Rio Ngumoha saved Liverpool with a stoppage-time winner to secure a 3-2 win over Newcastle.

In the 90+10 minute, Rio Ngumoha, a 16-year-old product of Liverpool's academy, became the hero when he scored the decisive goal in a 3-2 victory at St. James' Park. Liverpool thought they had an unbelievable draw at Newcastle, when they led 2-0 with an extra man at the end of the first half.

In the 45+3 minute, Anthony Gordon made a serious mistake when he tackled Van Dijk, causing the Newcastle star to receive a direct red card. Ten minutes earlier, Ryan Gravenberch opened the scoring for Liverpool.

Right at the beginning of the second half, in the 46th minute, Hugo Ekitike increased the score to 2-0 for Liverpool. The match seemed to end there, but the drama suddenly happened in the last half hour of the match. Newcastle had a commendable match in terms of spirit, when Bruno Guimarães and William Osula equalized for the home team.

The Independent commented that Liverpool had a pretty bad match, when their opponents equalized 2-2 despite having more players in the second half. However, Ngumoha's late goal brought three dramatic points to the defending champions.

In the 10th minute of injury time out of 11 in the second half, Ngumoha – who had just made his Premier League debut – scored with a tricky curling shot that left goalkeeper Nick Pope standing and watching.

At 16 years and 135 days, Ngumoha became one of the youngest players to score in the Premier League. The goal followed his impressive form in pre-season friendlies, which included a goal against Yokohama F. Marinos and an assist against AC Milan.

This victory helps Liverpool continue to be at the top of the Premier League, with 6 points after 2 wins. They, along with Arsenal and Tottenham, are the three rare teams to have won all 10 games in the Premier League since the beginning of the season.

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