'I never looked back' - Ngumoha on his rise over the past year

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Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha has risen rapidly, becoming the youngest player to start a first-team match at 16 years old. He impressed during pre-season and scored a winning goal in a Premier League match against Newcastle in the current 2025-26 season.

Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha says he "never looked back" after first being named in the club's senior squad for pre-season before the 2025-26 campaign. Ngumoha had become the youngest player in the club's history to start a first-team match when he made his debut as a 16-year-old in the FA Cup against Accrington Stanley the previous season, and further impressed Arne Slot during the tour of Hong Kong and Japan. The winger then marked his Premier League debut by scoring a stunning late winner in the Reds' dramatic 3-2 win away at Newcastle in their second game of the campaign.