Ngumoha, Salah on target as Liverpool bounce back

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Strikes from teenager Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah saw Liverpool return to winning ways as the Reds beat Fulham at Anfield.

Five English sides will qualify for next season’s Champions League and fifth-placed Liverpool strengthened their case with a 2-0 home win against the Cottagerrs, easing the heat on manager Arne Slot.

17-year-old Ngumoha scored his first goal at Anfield in style, putting the Reds ahead after whipping his shot around the diving Bernd Leno following a jinking run

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The recalled Mohamed Salah, departing at the end of the season, doubled Liverpool’s lead shortly before half-time with a sublime, arrowed finish.

It is a desperately welcome three points for Liverpool and the beleaguered Slot, whose team had won just two of their previous eight games in all competitions.

Heavy defeats by Manchester City in the FA Cup and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League have piled the pressure on the Dutch boss a year after he led the club to Premier League glory.

– AFP

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