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Liverpool's new 16-year-old hero Rio Ngumoha breaks his silence after netting dramatic 100th minute winner at Newcastle on Premier League debut

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An ecstatic Rio Ngumoha couldn't contain his joy after writing himself in Liverpool folklore on Monday night.

The 16-year-old, who turns 17 on Friday, scored a second-half stoppage-time winner for the Reds as they won 3-2 at rivals Newcastle in a frenetic Premier League encounter.

The teenager is now the youngest scorer in the club's fabled history with that strike in what proved to be a fairytale English top-flight debut.

And reflecting on the magnitude of the moment, Ngumoha's overriding emotion was elation.

'I'm buzzing,' the forward told LFCTV post-match.