Young winger showed great promise in the 4-1 rout of Athletic Bilbao as Anfield paid its respects to Diogo Jota
A vacancy has arisen on the left of Liverpool’s forward line and an early, eye-catching application to fill the role has arrived from a 16-year-old. Rio Ngumoha further enhanced his first‑team claims with a sparkling display against Athletic Bilbao that underlined the formidable strength, and options, available to Arne Slot.
Ngumoha opened the scoring superbly and teed up a goal for Darwin Núñez inside five minutes at Anfield in the first of two pre-season friendlies against the Basque club.
Written by Andy Hunter at Anfield
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/04/rio-ngumoha-liverpool-athletic-bilbao-diogo-jota under the title “Rio Ngumoha shines to fuel Liverpool’s optimism for new season”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
