RIO'S GOT THE SLOT!

Salah and starlet Ngumoha lift spirits after Paris misery

- BY JEREMY CROSS

ARNE SLOT got teenage kicks from Rio Ngumoha as Liverpool brushed aside Fulham to ease the pressure on their under-fire manager.

The Reds winger produced a special strike to become Liverpool's youngest-ever league scorer at Anfield.

And the 17-year-old then helped set up a similar effort from Mo Salah, to allow Liverpool to cruise to a crucial win in their battle to secure Champions League football next season. It remains to be seen if Slot is still the future at Anfield.

But on this evidence, there is no doubting Ngumoha will be.

Slot had headed into this crunch clash with the scrutiny mounting like never before.

Liverpool had won just one of their last six outings in all competitions, and had lost three on the spin.

So Slot turned to Ngumoha and Salah by recalling them to the team, having left the duo sitting on the bench for the miserable midweek defeat at Paris Saint-Germain.

Andy Robertson was also recalled as part of five changes, having announced he would be leaving Anfield at the end of this season. Fulham, meanwhile, remained unchanged.

And this felt as big a game for the visitors, as it did for the hosts.