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	32	70
2	Manchester City	31	64
3	Aston Villa	32	55
4	Manchester United	32	55
5	Liverpool	32	52
6	Chelsea	32	48
7	Brentford	32	47
8	Everton	32	47
9	Brighton	32	46
10	Sunderland	32	46
11	Bournemouth	32	45
12	Fulham	32	44
13	Newcastle	32	42
14	Crystal Palace	31	42
15	Leeds	32	36
16	Nottingham Forest	32	33
17	West Ham	32	32
18	Tottenham	32	30
19	Burnley	32	20
20	Wolves	32	17

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