Rio Ngumoha might be Liverpool's next big star: 16-year-old prodigy scores dramatic winning goal vs. Newcastle

Ngumoha scored a stoppage time winner in his Premier League debut after Liverpool relinquished a two-goal lead to a 10-man Newcastle

Liverpool's $400 million spending spree in the summer transfer market came with the promise of entertainment, but early on in the Premier League season, it is clear the reigning champions have a flair for the dramatic – and are happy to call upon a range of players to help deliver it.

The latest player to step up to the plate was not one of their flashy new signings but rather 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha, who marked his Premier League debut in style with the game-winner in the 10th minute of stoppage time in the Reds' 3-2 victory over Newcastle United on Monday. A back-and-forth match had already played out by the time Ngumoha came on in the 96th minute, with Liverpool boasting a 2-0 advantage and up a player by the 46th minute, only for their habitually shaky defense to allow the Magpies back into the game by the 88th minute. Liverpool manager Arne Slot left Mohamed Salah on the pitch in the dying minutes of the match, but by the time Ngumoha began play in the sixth of 11 minutes of stoppage time, none of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo were on the pitch.

Ngumoha made his brief cameo count with a game-winner in the 100th minute in an excellent team play. Salah had the ball on the right edge of the penalty area and sent the ball to his left, where Dominik Szoboszlai was waiting. The Hungary international, though, came up with the dummy and the ball landed to Ngumoha, who was all alone and wasted no time slotting the ball into the net, just inside the post with ultimate precision.