Gary Lineker sees Kylian Mbappe in Liverpool star as 'enormous' rise predicted

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And it's safe to say the teenager grabbed the opportunity with both hands, standing out for the Reds on the left-hand side and looking dangerous almost every time he had the ball.Although Ngumoha didn't score or grab an assist in the game, he gave Spurs right-back Pedro Porro a torrid time and the Reds didn't look as much of a threat when he wasn't on the pitch.READ MORE: Dominik Szoboszlai sends 'wake-up' demand to Liverpool and responds to Anfield boosREAD MORE: Liverpool's next five fixtures compared to Man Utd and Champions League rivals after Tottenham drawJamie Carragher gave Ngumoha special praise on co-commentary for Sky Sports, describing him as "brilliant" and admitting you "can't stop" him in a one-on-one situation.Now, ex-Everton and Leicester forward Lineker has weighed in with his opinion on Ngumoha and claimed he sees similarities to those of Real Madrid's Mbappe.Speaking on the Rest Is Football, Lineker said: "You're always slightly wary of getting ahead of yourself, but you recognise special talent when it arrives and he looks to me the most likely since Wayne Rooney to absolutely be a superstar. It was his first start in the PL and again, I don’t want to get carried away, I’m not comparing him, but I'm saying that he's got that stop-start sharpness of Mbappe.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page"I'm not saying that he’s Mbappe because he's one of the greatest players, but he’s got enormous potential. He wasn’t scared to take people on, Porro didn't know which way he was going to go and then that clever threaded pass through, he went very close a couple of times."I thought he was very special, I'm surprised he went off actually."Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards felt the game changed when Ngumoha went off.

I thought he was the player of the match by far."I've been in that position, Pedro Porro, you know when someone’s got the better of you and he keeps going, we’re shouting, ‘just keep giving the ball to him, let’s see the battle’. But he didn’t and that was the most exciting thing where he just wanted to keep going and going with conviction."On another day, he could have had two goals and a couple of assists.