Rio Ngumoha admission excites Liverpool fans after Trent Alexander-Arnold saga

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesRio NgumohaTalented Liverpool youngster Rio Ngumoha is already a firm favorite with Reds supporters, all of whom will hope that he stays at the Merseyside club for years to comeRio Ngumoha during a Sky Sports interview(Image: Sky Sports)Rio Ngumoha endeared himself to the Liverpool supporters with a stunning goal against Fulham on Saturday – after also doing his reputation no harm when he revealed that he failed his Spanish exam.Ngumoha was handed a rare Premier League start at Anfield, and repaid his manager's faith with a stunning opening goal against the Cottagers. Ahead of the game, Ngumoha spoke to Sky Sports – and he was asked a question about how he got on with his school exam results."I passed everything... the only thing I didn't pass was Spanish – but everything else, the teachers were happy, my mum was happy as well, my brother... that's the biggest one: my mum being happy."READ MORE: 'Chuck him in' — Alan Shearer orders Arne Slot to make brave PSG selection callREAD MORE: Liverpool stars hear Steven Gerrard loud and clear as Arne Slot gets huge boostSome Liverpool fans joked about Ngumoha's Spanish failure, suggesting that it was a good thing for Liverpool's chances of staving off interest in Ngumoha from La Liga clubs in the future.Trent Alexander-Arnold infamously moved to Real Madrid from Liverpool last summer and raised eyebrows when he spoke in Spanish at his Madrid unveiling.Many fans felt as though it was evidence that Alexander-Arnold had been having Spanish lessons long before he confirmed that he would be moving to Madrid at the end of last season.Trent Alexander-Arnold left Liverpool to join Real Madrid last year(Image: Getty Images)However, speaking in October ahead of a Champions League game between Liverpool and Real Madrid at Anfield, Alexander-Arnold claimed that he had only started learning Spanish in May 2025.“Hi, I’m Trent.

I started learning Spanish with Sara five months ago. I didn’t speak any Spanish before," Alexander-Arnold said.“I wanted to learn Spanish to communicate better with my teammates, my coach and the Madrid fans, and adapt better to the culture.“I really like the lessons because they were very football-based.

The terminology we were learning about was press conferences, interviews and vocabulary that I would need to talk to my teammates on a day-to-day basis within the club.“This helped me very, very much and I really enjoyed every lesson.”Meanwhile, Liverpool head coach Slot praised Ngumoha in a press conference after the Fulham game. "He has such a special quality which you don’t see a lot in football anymore: dominating the one-v-one situation," Slot said."And that’s exactly what he did when he scored his goal, making the ball free by twisting and turning and then hitting it in like a Mo Salah finish, I would say."It’s something I’m not surprised to see because in training sessions during the last month we saw more and more that he got more and more power to hit the ball as powerful as he did today."Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCTrent Alexander-ArnoldRio Ngumoha