Steven Gerrard gets his Liverpool wish as Arne Slot answers call to start youngster

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Mirror or go back to LFC Live.

Daily Mirror IconSportFootballSteven GerrardLiverpool youngster Rio Ngumoha will start in his side's FA Cup clash at Wolves - after Steven Gerrard made it known that the teenager needed to get an opportunitySteven Gerrard has got his wish after making it clear that Rio Ngumoha had to start on Friday night against Wolves - with the Liverpool teenager making a rare outing from the beginning.Ngumoha has enjoyed some breakout moments this season, most notably when he scored in stoppage time to down Newcastle in a five-goal thriller back in August. It dented Liverpool's Champions League hopes but Ngumoha was a rare bright spark.It left Reds icon Gerrard wanting to see more and, after criticising the output of Cody Gakpo, he made it clear that the teenager needed to start on Friday.He said on TNT Sports: "For 65 minutes Liverpool were desperate tonight, really poor, didn’t create enough, didn’t play at the right speed or the right tempo, didn’t have enough quality.

He has to start Ngumoha now. He has to start him because he’s coming on and he’s doing more in a short cameo in a short space of time than Gakpo’s doing in 65, 70 minutes. ‘He deserves to start now.

He’s got to start the kid on Friday night [in the FA Cup ]."Ngumoha has made 17 appearances this term, but the vast majority of those have been as an impact sub. Now he gets the chance from the start with Liverpool needing to bounce back from their loss just days ago, as they endure the rare scenario of playing at Molineux twice within a week.Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.