Jamie Carragher goes wild in Sky Sports studio celebrating Rio Ngumoha’s goal

Liverpool and Newcastle United performed out a Premier League thriller on Monday evening, with the Reds edging a 3-2 victory courtesy of a A centesimal-minute winner from teenage debutant Rio Ngumoha.

The 16-year-old’s dramatic strike capped off a chaotic night at St James’ Park, the place Newcastle had clawed again from two targets down earlier than Ngumoha stole the headlines with a fairytale end.

And whereas the away finish erupted, one man who loved it simply as a lot was former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher.

Masking the sport as a pundit for Sky Sports activities’ Monday Evening Soccer, Carragher’s response went viral after the broadcaster shared footage of him shedding himself within the second. Operating circles across the studio and even leaping into the air, the Reds legend might barely include his pleasure.

“Oh my god! Oh my god! Wow! You fortunate, fortunate Redmen,” he exclaimed. “What’s going on?! Is that this one of many best video games in Premier League historical past?”

Carragher later reposted the clip to X himself, merely including: “What a sport.”

Nonetheless, the Sky Sports activities pundit didn’t let the adrenaline cloud his judgement. Reflecting after the mud settled, Carragher admitted that Liverpool had been lucky to come back away with three factors.

“I feel what we have now seen tonight might be one of many worst performances from a successful crew, and the most effective from the shedding crew,” he mentioned. “Liverpool gained’t care proper now, they’ll be completely ecstatic, however Eddie Howe’s males tonight had been completely excellent.”

For Ngumoha, although, it was an evening that can stay lengthy within the reminiscence – and if his debut is something to go by, Liverpool followers may simply have witnessed the arrival of their subsequent star.

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