{"id":600933,"date":"2026-04-11T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/600933\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T23:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:10:08","slug":"rio-ngumoha-will-arne-slot-play-liverpool-teenager-against-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/600933\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ngumoha: Will Arne Slot play Liverpool teenager against PSG?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Against Fulham<\/a>, Ngumoha was Liverpool<\/a>‘s biggest threat, scoring a superb curling opener with skill and precision after 36 minutes, then playing a part four minutes later when Mohamed Salah showed some of the old magic remains with a finish of similar accuracy and technique to seal a win that keeps Slot’s side in the Champions League places.<\/p>\n

He was a constant threat on Liverpool<\/a>‘s left-flank, receiving a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted after 69 minutes.<\/p>\n

Was it to preserve energies for Tuesday? Or was it simply because Slot felt Ngumoha had done enough?<\/p>\n

Former Liverpool<\/a> midfield man Jamie Redknapp told Sky Sports: “Rio gives you a great option from the bench for the PSG game, but who knows?<\/p>\n

“If they did start him I wouldn’t be surprised, but I think right now if I’m trying to pick Liverpool<\/a>‘s best team for a game, I like the midfield they ended the game with.<\/p>\n

“It was Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, which is the midfield which pretty much won Liverpool<\/a> the league last year, and I also think it might be a game where Hugo Ekitike starts as the nine, and you might need Florian Wirtz on the left and Mohamed Salah on the right.<\/p>\n

“That feels like it has a nice shape to it. With Alexander Isak to come off the bench if you need him, then also Rio to give you a bit of ‘X-Factor’.”<\/p>\n

The odds are probably against Ngumoha starting, but most observers (including this one) would suggest he is contributing more than the subdued Gakpo.<\/p>\n

Only Wayne Rooney, at 17 years and 51 days, and Cesc Fabregas, at 17 years and 113 days, have started a Premier League game and scored at a younger age than Liverpool<\/a>‘s Ngumoha, at 17 years and 225 days.<\/p>\n

He is a guaranteed star of the future. Will Slot be bold enough to make him a star of Liverpool<\/a>‘s present by playing him against PSG?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Against Fulham, Ngumoha was Liverpool‘s biggest threat, scoring a superb curling opener with skill and precision after 36…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-600933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}