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The Anfield side, though, was able to successfully pitch its vision to the teenager, which included a significantly clearer pathway to first-team minutes.

Sure enough, Ngumoha made his debut in the FA Cup, even making the starting XI as Liverpool beat Accrington Stanley 4-0 at Anfield because Federico Chiesa was unwell.

And I’m always happy if a player makes his debut that he shows what we see on the training ground as well, so the fans could see it.

"I think the fans liked what they saw; you could feel this in the stadium in the first half already and when I took him out, [from] the reaction of the fans I think we could see they liked what they saw as well.

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Rio Ngumoha in action for Liverpool under-21s.

It has not been disclosed yet which players are likely to be with Liverpool for the early part of pre-season but Ngumoha is someone who has regularly trained with the seniors in recent months.

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Looking further ahead, Ngumoha is likely to play mainly with the Liverpool U21s team