Virgil Van Dijk embraces Rio Ngumoha's 'dream debut'

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Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk celebrated Rio Ngumoha's "dream debut" after the 16-year-old’s dramatic late winner at Newcastle.

The teenager came off the bench to score deep into stoppage time in Monday’s Premier League encounter at St James’ Park as the champions snatched a 3-2 victory after 10-man Newcastle had battled back from 2-0 down.

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"Obviously we all know it is a difficult place to come, we all know there was a lot of oil on the fire this week to get, especially, Newcastle fired up," Van Dijk said.

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On the incident, he said: "I said to him if that’s not a sending off then I don’t understand football.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot felt Newcastle’s approach made it difficult for the visitors.



That’s why it was so difficult to bring the 2-0 over the line."

"It was a great goal for a 16-year-old," he said