Rio Ngumoha nets winner as Liverpool edge Wrexham in pre-season victory

[p]Teenage forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ngumoha-rio/rejpF30d/"]Rio Ngumoha[/a] scored from close range in the 75th minute, greeted by a roar from a largely pro-Liverpool crowd of more than 42,000 at the famous baseball stadium, the home of the New York Yankees and Major League Soccer's New York City FC.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/wrexham-IgO7K1ZA/?mid=8r6aUerp"]The victory[/a] followed a 4-2 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] in Nashville on Saturday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iraola-andoni/xpALVpwq/"]Iraola[/a]'s first match in charge since the former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] manager replaced the sacked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/slot-arne/lnG1OUjk/"]Arne Slot[/a].[/p][p]That victory was marred by an injury to defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomez-joe/SKt9dxk8/"]Joe Gomez[/a], who was among the absentees Wednesday along with new signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacquet-jeremy/h0WK6DL4/"]Jeremy Jacquet[/a] and World Cup players [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gravenberch-ryan/Y5aFd8V4/"]Ryan Gravenberch[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wirtz-florian/0Q5gjImi/"]Florian Wirtz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a].[/p][embed guid="5e614d05-e254-41aa-ab75-3fc9abb6fecb" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2082642384668557809" social-type="twitter" /][p]Iraola said before the game that the Netherlands' Gravenberch, Germany's Wirtz and Sweden's Isak could be back for the final game of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a]'s US tour, against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] at Chicago's Soldier Field on Sunday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a], on the rise in recent years under the ownership of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Rob McElhenney[/a], missed out on the second-tier Championship playoffs on the final day of last season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/foden-phil/E7XjDJns/"]Phil Parkinson[/a]'s side arrived at Yankee Stadium after pre-season victories over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a] and Leeds.[/p]