Thrilling Liverpool win a reminder that defending a title can be harder than winning it in the first place

Liverpool's overall performance against opponents who played the entire second half with 10 men was a warning that you can never stand still in the Premier League.

16-year-old Rio Ngumoha scored a 100th minute winner for Liverpool against Newcastle, making him the fourth youngest Premier League goalscorer in history. Pic: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

The question being asked constantly in the build-up to this match was ‘do Liverpool need to buy Alexander Isak’ - and when wonderkid Rio Ngumoha scored a late, late winner after what had been a below-par performance against 10 men, we’re still not quite sure.

Liverpool threw away a two-goal lead against an inspired Newcastle, even though they had Anthony Gordon sent off before half-time, but 16-year-old Ngumoha changed the narrative with his fairy tale goal in injury time, making him the fourth youngest Premier League goalscorer in history.