Teenager scores extra-time winner for lucky Liverpool

Gravenberch (35), Ekitike (46), Ngumoha (90+10) In the 100th minute, four minutes into his Premier League debut, in the week he will turn 17, in a game when 10 men had come from 2-0 down against the champions, it was a wondrous moment for the wonderkid. Every aspect of it was remarkable.

- By RICHARD JOLLY

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Guimaraes (57), Osula (88)

Liverpool 3

Rio Ngumoha became the youngest goalscorer in Liverpool's history but his winner was so much more than that.

It was beautifully taken, for starters, curled in after a lovely dummy by Dominik Szoboszlai. It was desperately cruel on Newcastle, who had rallied wonderfully in adversity. It robbed Will Osula of his own status as the super-sub who had the final say in an extraordinary affair. Denied victory at St James' Park by an injury-time equaliser last year, Liverpool got victory now with a still later goal. “So many things happened, it was complete chaos,” smiled Arne Slot. “We were lucky to get the win over the line.”

And it was a sequel for him. Last week Federico Chiesa was the substitute who delivered the decisive goal, also after Liverpool gave up a 2-0 lead. Like him, Ngumoha may have languished unused had Liverpool got the attacking reinforcements they wanted. Each nevertheless showed a strength in depth. Liverpool, once again, found an astonishing way to win on another night when they did not require Isak.

But it turns out Eddie Howe was wrong when he described the Isak saga as a "lose-lose" situation for Newcastle United. It became worse than that. Lose-lose-lose, perhaps, or lose-lose-lose-lose.