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Beth LindopAug 25, 2025, 07:18 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.NEWCASTLE, England — There is perhaps some irony in the fact that, on an evening when Alexander Isak’s conspicuous absence dominated the prematch buildup, it was a 16-year-old debutant who stole the headlines.Before Monday night, few people outside of Merseyside will have heard of Liverpool starlet Rio Ngumoha. Now, after his match-winning goal in the Reds’ dramatic 3-2 victory over Newcastle United, his name has been marked out as one to remember.Having joined Liverpool’s academy from Chelsea in the…

Beth LindopAug 25, 2025, 06:50 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has admitted he has “no idea” which direction the Alexander Isak transfer saga is headed in after the club’s chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan flew into Tyneside for Monday’s clash with Liverpool.Newcastle fought back from 2-0 down at St James’ Park despite being reduced to 10-men following Anthony Gordon’s dismissal in the first half, but ultimately went on to lose the game after a late strike from Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha.Isak was not in the…

Arne Slot criticised Newcastle’s approach in Liverpool’s dramatic 3-2 win at St James’ Park, declaring “that wasn’t a football match” when asked for his assessment of the game.Liverpool came away with a victory against 10-man Newcastle on Monday Night Football after the Magpies thought they had come from 2-0 down to secure a draw. Sixteen-year-old Rio Ngumoha’s winner 10 minutes into injury-time capped off a raucous, chaotic game that had been dominated by the future of Alexander Isak beforehand.The Toon comeback was even more impressive given they played half of the game with 10 men after makeshift No 9 Anthony…

On whether he was ‘disappointed’ Liverpool did not control the second half more…No, not at all. Not at all, because that is what their playing style brought. You cannot control a game of football if every single ball is thrown into your 18-yard box, every throw-in is a long throw-in, every free-kick they get is a long ball. And they can do both – that’s why this is such a good team. They can play out from the back if they want to, they can be intense in their pressing, they have so many quality players. But they also have…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…DAILY MAIL Tottenham and Aston Villa will continue to monitor developments with West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta this week.Newcastle co-owner Jamie Reuben and a PIF delegation have spoken to Alexander Isak at the striker’s home in an attempt to convince him to stay at the club and return to Eddie Howe’s squad. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Jamie Carragher compares the Alexander Isak situation to Fernando Torres at Liverpool and believes Newcastle should sell the forward Borussia Dortmund have clamped down on their dressing room protocols by…

The midfielder missed the champions’ dramatic 3-2 victory at Newcastle United on Monday night having withdrawn from a training session at the weekend with a fitness concern.However, Slot doesn’t believe the issue to be serious and is optimistic of being able to call upon Mac Allister’s services for the clash with the Gunners.He told his post-match press conference at St. James’ Park: “We are hoping [he will be available], yes. “He had to leave the training pitch two days ago and that would not even be the biggest problem if he would have had a proper pre-season, but he missed…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 26, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesU.S. stocks were relatively unchanged on Tuesday as Wall Street looked beyond President Donald Trump’s removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board and awaited quarterly figures from chip giant Nvidia.The S&P 500, along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, traded around the flatline. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2%.Long-term Treasury yields rose after the Trump move, while short-term yields declined as investors steepened the yield curve on the notion…

Aug 25, 2025, 05:39 PM ETVirgil van Dijk described Liverpool Rio Ngumoha’s first Premier League appearance as a “dream debut” after the teenager’s dramatic late winner at Newcastle United on Monday.The 16-year-old came off the bench to score deep into stoppage time in Monday’s Premier League encounter at St. James’ Park as the champions snatched a 3-2 victory after 10-man Newcastle had battled back from 2-0 down.Van Dijk told Sky Sports: “It is a dream debut for him. It was a perfect technique. We stayed calm towards the end as well, tried to find the right solution in order to…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren’t drawn to favor any party.The current map, drawn in 2021, divides Salt Lake County — the state’s population center and a Democratic stronghold — among the state’s four congressional districts, all of which have since elected Republicans by wide margins. District Court Judge Dianna Gibson made few judgments on the content of the map but declared it unlawful because lawmakers had weakened and…

At the age of 16 years and 361 days, the attacker became the Reds’ youngest scorer of all time by settling a topsy-turvy affair at St. James’ Park.Ryan Gravenberch put the champions 1-0 up in the 35th minute ahead of the Magpies going down to 10 men on the stroke of half-time when Anthony Gordon was given a red card.Hugo Ekitike made it 2-0 moments after the restart before the hosts clawed themselves back level through Bruno Guimaraes and William Osula. But up stepped Premier League debutant Ngumoha off the bench to restore Liverpool’s lead and clinch the three points.Team…