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Rio Ngumoha continues to be the subject of rave reviews after his Liverpool showings.(Image: Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman has joined the growing list of players to rave about Liverpool starlet Rio Ngumoha.

The 16-year-old has caught the eye of Reds supporters since his controversial swap from Chelsea but his glittering performances in pre-season have sky-rocketed him to the brink of stardom.

The London-born attacker scored his first senior goal against Yokohama FM at the end of July and it didn't take him long to net his first Anfield goal.



It took just two minutes for Ngumoha to have the Liverpool supporters chanting his name as he picked up a loose ball, hurdling forward before curling into the bottom corner.

He later provided an assist for Darwin Nunez as he steered home from close range.

With selection issues emerging for Arne Slot, he finds himself facing the decision over how to manage Ngumoha moving forward as he finds himself at an important stage in the infancy of his career.

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And the performances from Ngumoha have not gone unnoticed around the world of football either.

Dowman, who is viewed as one of the next big talents out of the Gunners' academy, shared a post of the Liverpool starlets to social media, labelling him as "the coldest".

Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman sent a message to Liverpool starlet Rio Ngumoha after his first Anfield goal.(Image: max_dowman12/Instagram)Article continues below

Ngumoha had a host of teammates show their support with Ibrahima Konate, Trey Nyoni and Jayden Danns among those to comment.

Meanwhile, Nunez and summer signing Hugo Ekikte liked Ngumoha's post which was captioned: "First goal at Anfield," with a carousel of snaps from his outing in their final pre-season encounter.

Speaking after the back-to-back wins over Athletic Club, Slot singled out the talented youngster.

"Yeah, but we've also lost two quality players with Diogo [Jota] and Luis Diaz," he began.

"But we've added with Hugo [Ekitike] definitely a player that's going to be a very good player for us.

"Rio is showing good things every time in pre-season.

The other games in pre-season, I think we've conceded a few chances too much."

The Dutchman added: "Today we hardly conceded anything at all, so that pleased me as well.

"But then to concede, especially in the second game, two set-piece goals, that's not what you want – especially if you play Crystal Palace [on Sunday] who are a team that are very strong on set-pieces.

"That's then another thing to work on – we've worked on that already but to work on that even more in the upcoming week.

"But players are fit, worked really hard, played some good football, defended really strong and good – apart from the two set-pieces."

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