(Video) Arne Slot will have loved what Rio Ngumoha did just before Ryan Gravenberch goal
Ryan Gravenberch fired Liverpool into a very early lead against Chelsea at Anfield this afternoon, and he’ll be the first to acknowledge the excellent work of Rio Ngumoha in supplying the assist.
The 17-year-old came into the Reds’ starting XI for this fixture in place of Florian Wirtz, who misses out due to a stomach bug, and it didn’t take the teenager long to justify his inclusion by Arne Slot.
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The move which led to the goal actually began with a Dominik Szoboszlai free kick from long range which was blocked down by the defensive wall, but the ball was kept alive by the teenage winger.
Ngumoha does brilliantly to set up Gravenberch stunner
Ngumoha kept Cole Palmer guessing just outside the penalty area but, rather than charging past the Chelsea man and going to the byline, he spotted Gravenberch in space to his right and played an inch-perfect pass to the Dutchman, who duly crashed an unstoppable shot beyond Filip Jorgensen.
The sublime finish will rightly catch the eye, but plenty of reporters have also praised the 17-year-old for his involvement in the goal.
Ally McCoist on TNT Sports lauded the quality of the pass to Liverpool’s number 38, as did Aadam Patel for BBC Sport, and Sky Sports‘ Anton Toloui acknowledged the intelligence of the winger for picking the pass ‘instead of trying to be flashy and get to
the byline’.
