Rio Ferdinand left in awe of 'special' Liverpool star

Rio Ferdinand left in awe of 'special' Liverpool star Liverpool added another three points to their Premier League tally on Saturday after they beat Fulham 2-0. Arne Slot chose to line his men up in a much more attacking formation than he usually uses and, in the first 45 minutes, the Reds were the ones on top. Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah both got their names on the scoresheet with most fans thinking that they'd get another one or two goals in the second half.

However, that was far from the case with the Anfield outfit ending up being the worse team of the two after half time. Despite this, there were still several members of Slot's squad who performed extremely well with former Manchester United ace Rio Ferdinand sharing his adoration for one particular player. Rio Ferdinand was left in awe of Rio Ngumoha's performance vs Fulham Even though Ngumoha is only 17 years old, he's been one of Liverpool's most exciting players this season .

The Englishman offers something that no other member of Slot's first-team squad does with his performances being reminiscent of Luis Diaz's. Despite this, Slot has often chosen against starting the youngster due to his age and the fact that he favours Cody Gakpo in that position. But, after he managed to wrong-foot Timothy Castagne and curl his shot into the bottom right corner of Bernd Leno's net, it's clear that he's ready for regular first-team football.

And, since he performed so well, he's seemingly caught the eye of Ferdinand who was left in awe of the 17 year old's performance. "Rio," he wrote via his personal X account . "Love this kid!