Rio Nguimokha became the youngest goal scorer for Liverpool in the Premier League (Aug. 26, 2025)

Rio Nguimokha became the youngest goal scorer for Liverpool in the Premier League

https://dynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/692379-rio-nguimokha-became-the-youngest-goal-scorer-for-liverpool-in-the-premier-league 2025-08-26 21:15 Liverpool striker Rio Nguimokha became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the English Premier ...

26.08.2025, 21:15

Liverpool striker Rio Nguimokha became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the English Premier League for the Merseyside team.

Rio Nguimokha, Getty Images

In the match of the 2nd round of the Premier League, Rio Nguimokha appeared on the field in stoppage time, replacing Cody Gakpo. In the 10th added minute, Rio Nguimokha scored the winning goal against Nick Pope. Thus, the 16-year-old Englishman became the youngest Liverpool player to score in the Premier League. At the time of the goal, he was 16 years and 361 days old. The previous record belonged to Ben Woodburn, who scored at the age of 17 years and 45 days in 2016.

Additionally, after 2 rounds, Liverpool is in third place, having accumulated 6 points.

№	Team	M	Pts
1	Arsenal	28	61
2	Manchester City	27	56
3	Aston Villa	27	51
4	Manchester United	27	48
5	Liverpool	27	45
6	Chelsea	27	45
7	Brentford	27	40
8	Bournemouth	27	38
9	Fulham	27	37
10	Everton	27	37
11	Newcastle	27	36
12	Sunderland	27	36
13	Crystal Palace	27	35
14	Brighton	27	34
15	Leeds	27	31
16	Tottenham	27	29
17	Nottingham Forest	27	27
18	West Ham	27	25
19	Burnley	27	19
20	Wolves	28	10

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