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St James' Park | Mon 25 Aug 2025 at 20:00 UK local time
| Newcastle United | 2 | - | 3 | Liverpool |
Starting Lineup
| 1 |  |
Alisson Becker |
| 4 |  |
Virgil Van Dijk (c) |
| 5 |  |
Ibrahima Konaté |
| 6 |  |
Milos Kerkez |
| 8 |  |
Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 17 |  |
Curtis Jones |
| 38 |  |
Ryan Gravenberch |
| 7 |  |
Florian Wirtz |
| 11 |  |
Mohamed Salah |
| 18 |  |
Cody Gakpo |
| 22 |  |
Hugo Ekitike |
Substitutes
| 25 |  |
Giorgi Mamardashvili |
| 2 |  |
Joe Gomez |
| 12 |  |
Conor Bradley |
| 15 |  |
Giovanni Leoni |
| 26 |  |
Andy Robertson |
| 3 |  |
Wataru Endo |
| 19 |  |
Harvey Elliott |
| 14 |  |
Federico Chiesa |
| 73 |  |
Rio Ngumoha |
Goals (Assists in brackets)
- Ryan Gravenberch 35' (Cody Gakpo)
- Hugo Ekitike 46' (Cody Gakpo)
- Rio Ngumoha 90' +10 (Mohamed Salah)
Substitutions
- Hugo Ekitike out for Federico Chiesa 80'
- Florian Wirtz out for Conor Bradley 80'
- Cody Gakpo out for Rio Ngumoha 90' +6
- Curtis Jones out for Harvey Elliott 90' +6
- Mohamed Salah out for Wataru Endo 90' +12
Opposition goals
- Bruno Guimarães 57'
- William Osula 88'
Opposition red Cards
- Anthony Gordon 45' +3
Opposition substitutions
- Sandro Tonali out for Lewis Miley 66'
- Joelinton out for Jacob Ramsey 76'
- Kieran Trippier out for Lewis Hall 76'
- Harvey Barnes out for William Osula 76'
- Fabian Schär out for Malick Thiaw 81'
Notes
- - Rio Ngumoha scores his debut goal for LFC
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.61
- - Average age of the Newcastle United starting lineup: 28.7
- - Rio becomes the youngest ever goalscorer in Liverpool's history and is the fourth youngest scorer in Premier League history:
1️⃣ James Vaughan - 16 years 270 days
2️⃣ James Milner - 16 years 356 days
3️⃣ Wayne Rooney - 16 years 360 days
4️⃣ Rio Ngumoha - 16 years 361 days
- The quote of the day on X was undoubtedly by Paddy Stinian: "I watched that match in a pub which was also hosting the afters of a funeral, for the first few goals the Bar man kept telling us to keep it quiet, but by the time you hit the winner the whole pub (funeral and all) went mad. happy days."
Other details
- Manager: Arne Slot
- Opposition manager: Eddie Howe
- Referee: Hooper S
- Attendance: 52,230
- Half-time score: 0
- 1 - League position after match: 3
- Game number: 6027
- League game number: 4792
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