Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha is determined to showcase his talent on a regular basis, having helped his team to victory over Nottingham Forest on Sunday. 

The Reds won 1-0 at the City Ground on Sunday thanks to Alexis Mac Allister's 97th-minute winner, with the Argentine having seen an earlier effort disallowed for a handball. 

In the lead up to that ruled-out effort, Ngumoha had done brilliantly to skip past Neco Williams before standing up a cross to Hugo Ekitike, who saw his header saved before Ola Aina's attempted clearance found its way in off the elbow of Mac Allister. 

But it marked another impressive impact from the bench by Ngumoha, who ended the game with a team-high total number of dribbles (three, level with Ekitike), despite only coming on to replace Mohamed Salah in the 77th minute. 

The 17-year-old has, however, been restricted to just 89 minutes of Premier League football in 2025-26, while he has only started three of his 15 appearances in all competitions. 

"Yeah, I know I need to at least do something to try to impact the game, whether that's on the ball or off the ball," Ngumoha said of his display against Forest. 

"That can be putting in a tackle, pressing to win the ball back, putting balls in the box, having shots on target or just beating my man. 

"I just think every single time I'm called on for the team, I want to show everyone what I can do really."

Ngumoha also believes he is ready to feature in Arne Slot's starting line-up more often, especially given Cody Gakpo and Salah's recent form for the Reds. 

Salah is without a goal in his last nine Premier League games, while Gakpo has failed to rediscover the form that saw him net 18 goals in all competitions last season. 

This term, Ngumoha has netted just once, which was in the top flight, coming in Liverpool's dramatic 3-2 win over Newcastle United at St. James' Park back in September. 

Indeed, aged 16 years and 361 days old, he became Liverpool's youngest-ever Premier League scorer, while he is the fourth-youngest scorer in the history of the competition, behind James Vaughan (16y 270d), James Milner (16y 356d) and Wayne Rooney (16y 360d).

He came close to scoring his second of the campaign after finding the back of the net in Liverpool's fifth-round FA Cup win over Brighton, but his curling effort was controversially ruled out for an offside, though a day later, he scored a stunner for the Reds' Under-21s. 

"I feel like if you are not playing as much, then you can stagnate, so I want to gain more minutes," Ngumoha added. 

"Whether that is Under-18s or 21s, I am still so young, so I am available to play, so any games I can play, I will."