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

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

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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.