Rio Ngumoha’s deflected strike gives experimental Liverpool win over Wrexham
•Rio Ngumoha scored a deflected goal in the 75th minute, securing a 1-0 victory for Liverpool over Wrexham.
•The pre-season friendly featured few chances and failed to excite the 42,204 fans at Yankee Stadium.
•Liverpool's win marks two successes in as many matches under new head coach Andoni Iraola.
المصدر: The Guardian Football | Source: The Guardian Football
Substitute’s 75th-minute shot gives Liverpool 1-0 win in New York
Chances few and far between in pre-season friendly that fails to ignite
Liverpool turned the Empire State Building red when launching a new away kit on Tuesday but neither they nor Wrexham could illuminate Yankee Stadium 24 hours later. It was rough in the diamond, although Rio Ngumoha’s deflected goal made it two wins out of two for Andoni Iraola on his first pre-season tour as Liverpool head coach.
Ngumoha, a second half substitute who Iraola deployed on the right, satisfied the majority of a 42,204 crowd with a 75th-minute shot that looped in off Wrexham defender Lewis Brunt. Wrexham’s Hollywood co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney (now simply Rob Mac) were in attendance for what the former had labelled a “punch-me moment” but in truth few blows were traded at the iconic baseball stadium.
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→Rio Ngumoha scored a deflected goal in the 75th minute, securing a 1-0 victory for Liverpool over Wrexham.
→The pre-season friendly featured few chances and failed to excite the 42,204 fans at Yankee Stadium.
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