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In the second minute of the first of two pre-season friendlies with the Spanish side at Anfield on Monday, the 16-year-old picked the ball up on the halfway line and drove 30 yards before curling a delightful effort into the corner.&nbsp;

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&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Opening the scoring in style 💫 <a href="https://t.co/YwznENm6Cn">pic.twitter.com/YwznENm6Cn</a>— Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1952406107185365141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The forward made his Liverpool debut in the FA Cup earlier this year and was included in Arne Slot's squad for their pre-season tour to Hong Kong and Japan this summer, where he scored in their 3-1 win over Yokohama F.Marinos. The teenager will be eyeing more first-team opportunities next season and goals like this certainly won't hurt his cause.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Following Ngumoha's opener, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/liverpool-athletic-club-rio-ngumoha-darwin-nunez-anfield/bltb9b8db101f7f601f" target="_blank">Darwin Nunez, an Alex Padilla own-goal and Harvey Elliott put Liverpool 4-0 up</a> inside an hour before Gorka Guruzeta claimed a 76th-minute consolation. The Reds face Athletic Club again, this time at 20:00 BST on Monday, for the second warm-up game.

WHAT NEXT?

WATCH: Hype around Rio Ngumoha increases as Liverpool teenager scores outrageous opener in pre-season friendly against Athletic Club | Goal.com

Rising Liverpool star Rio Ngumoha did his burgeoning reputation no harm with a superb solo goal against Athletic Club on Monday night.

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