Arne Slot hails Liverpool’s ‘mentality to fight’ after late Rio Ngumoha winner

Liverpool boss Arne Slot saluted his team’s fighting mentality after watching them kill off Newcastle’s unlikely fightback with the decisive final punch.

The Reds led Eddie Howe’s 10 men 2-0 after 46 minutes at St James’ Park on Monday evening and looked set to cruise to victory before the Magpies dragged themselves back into the game only to be felled finally by 16-year-old substitute Rio Ngumoha.

Slot later admitted that the champions had been “lucky” to emerge with the points, but asked if that kind of result on that kind of night was what won titles, he replied: “That is the last thing I think about in this moment, if I’m honest.

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