Rio Ngumoha’s already sparkling young career trended further upwards as he wrote himself into Liverpool folklore.
Andoni Iraola’s side had found themselves 2-0 down to Villarreal in shock circumstances at Anfield, as Georges Mikautadze seized upon Virgil van Dijk’s error to open the scoring on four minutes, before left-back Sergi Cadrona stole through the middle of the home defence to double the advantage just shy of the half-hour.