Teenager Ngumoha stars in pre-season win
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Liverpool were comfortable 4-1 winners over Athletic Bilbao in the first of a double-header of friendlies on Monday.
In the first match at Anfield since the deaths of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva, the club paid tribute to the forward and his brother before the game.
Arne Slot fielded what was a mostly second-string starting XI for the first game, the second of which gets under way at 20:00 BST, with 16-year old Rio Ngumoha on the left wing - and he caught the eye as he has done all summer.
He netted in just the second minute as he ran onto a loose ball in his own half before racing forward and curling a fine effort in from 20 yards out.
Just three minutes later, the youngster nodded a Ben Doak cross down for Darwin Nunez to net from close range.
Doak and Harvey Elliott added to the lead, before Gorka Guruzeta pulled a consolation goal back for the visitors 15 minutes from time.
Ngumoha's impressive performance came on the back of an assist against AC Milan and a goal against Yokohama F. Marinos in Asian friendlies.
In January, the England under-17 international became the youngest player to start a match, and the second youngest to play, for Liverpool - aged 16 years and 135 days old - in the 4-0 win over Accrington in the FA Cup.
What do you make of Ngumoha's pre-season?
Should he be given a chance in the first team this season?
Or would he benefit from experience elsewhere first?
