Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha said his late winner at Newcastle showed ‘what champions are about’ as the Reds won a Premier League thriller 3-2.
Ngumoha became the fourth youngest scorer in Premier League history as his stoppage-time finish won the match for Arne Slot’s side.
Ngumoha says he will not “get too carried away with all the noise” after the “crazy” feeling and says he is where he belongs.
“I was happy to score, I’m buzzing,” Ngumoha told TalkSPORT. “I heard the fans screaming my name and that’s a very sensational moment.
“But you just can’t get too carried away with all the noise, because at the end of the day I probably do that finish 100 times on the training ground.
“So it’s no different with the fans (here). But the fans backing you there is just crazy.”
Ngumoha was born in Newham in East London on August 29, 2008 and turns 17 on Friday.
He joined Chelsea’s academy at the age of eight and moved to Liverpool in the summer of 2024.
Ngumoha said: “I’m 16 but I don’t want my age to show that I can’t play with the older players.
“I want to prove that I can play with people not just my age, many ages above.
“People at the club are always helping me and I’m always learning and improving.
“Normally, last season especially, the Academy coaches and even the first-team coaches, are always saying, ‘Make the back post, make the back post’.
“The fact that I made the back post is just crazy…when I saw it with Mo (Salah) and then Dom (Szoboszlai) putting it through his legs, I was like one-v-one and I just smashed it.
“Being mentally strong, us coming back and really believing in ourselves, that’s what the champions are about.”
