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

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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	38	85
2	Manchester City	38	78
3	Manchester United	38	71
4	Aston Villa	38	65
5	Liverpool	38	60
6	Bournemouth	38	57
7	Sunderland	38	54
8	Brighton	38	53
9	Brentford	38	53
10	Fulham	38	52
11	Chelsea	38	52
12	Newcastle	38	49
13	Everton	38	49
14	Leeds	38	47
15	Crystal Palace	38	45
16	Nottingham Forest	38	44
17	Tottenham	38	41
18	West Ham	38	39
19	Burnley	38	22
20	Wolves	38	20

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