Friendlies · Attacker · #73 · England · 17 yrs
Our Liverpool player ratings are in after another bad game for new manager Andoni Iraola as his side could only draw 2-2 at home to Nottingham Forest. Liverpool had to twice come from behind at Anfield, with the Reds still yet to pick up a victory under Iraola’s management since he replaced Arne Slot in […] The post Liverpool player ratings: Wirtz produces superb assist, but summer signing struggles appeared first on CaughtOffside.
When Liverpool came to Newcastle last August, there was utter jubilation as Rio Ngumoha scored a remarkable 100th-minute winner. A defeat would have been Liverpool's first on the opening weekend since 2012-13. "It is probably not the result you want when you come in before the game, but we definitely deserve this point and even more," Iraola told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Football historian and author Peter Kenny Jones has backed 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha to start Liverpool's Premier league opener at Newcastle on Sunday on the right wing. The prodigiously talented youngster impressed during limited starts last season, but did make 30 senior appearances for the Reds. "Arne Slot, rightly or wrongly, wasn't playing him a lot last season as I think the club were trying to save him," Jones told BBC Radio Merseyside.
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