Ngumoha scored a stoppage time winner in his Premier League debut after Liverpool relinquished a two-goal lead to a 10-man Newcastle

Liverpool, in the end, won. At the death. At the finish, cruelly robbing Newcastle whose 10-men had mounted an extraordinary and stirring comeback.

Indeed, the BBC report that so incensed were Chelsea by Ngumoha’s exit that they barred Liverpool scouts from attending their youth team matches. Chelsea’s frustration was no doubt heightened by the fact that they are yet to receive financial recompense for losing a player of such obvious talent.