Trey Nyoni
Trey Nyoni
Trey Nyoni scored his first senior goal for Liverpool in Wednesday’s 3-2 Champions League defeat at Fenerbahce. The 19-year-old midfielder struck in the 25th minute with a first-time volley from the edge of the area.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s cross was only half-cleared, and Nyoni met the dropping ball on the volley. The shot took a deflection and beat goalkeeper Ederson.
Mason Greenwood levelled in the 29th minute when his free-kick deflected off Jeremy Jacquet in the wall. Alexander Isak restored the lead in the 69th minute, heading in Cody Gakpo’s cross within three minutes of coming on as a substitute.
Archie Brown equalised four minutes later, and Vedat Muriqi headed the winner in the 79th minute.
The goal was not the only thing that stood out. Nyoni attempted 96 passes, the most by any Liverpool player in this season’s Champions League, and made several interceptions before Lewis Koumas replaced him in the 85th minute.
Supporters have watched him grow into the first team this season. According to reports, the club chose not to sign a replacement after selling Curtis Jones to Inter in August, because it believed Nyoni was ready for the step up.
Nyoni’s goal made him the second-youngest Liverpool player to score in the Champions League proper, according to the official website. He was 19 years and 127 days old.
Only Trent Alexander-Arnold was younger when he first scored in the competition. He was 19 years and 10 days old when he added the seventh goal in a 7-0 group-stage win over Maribor in October 2017.
Nyoni is also the youngest player to score his first Liverpool goal in the European Cup. He passed David Ngog, who was 19 years and 252 days old when he scored at PSV Eindhoven in December 2008.
Liverpool’s youngest Champions League scorers:
Trent Alexander-Arnold – 19 years and 10 days
Trey Nyoni – 19 years and 127 days
Harvey Elliott – 19 years and 191 days
David Ngog – 19 years and 252 days
Curtis Jones – 19 years and 306 days
Nyoni joined Liverpool from Leicester City in August 2023. In January 2025, he came on as a substitute at PSV Eindhoven aged 17 years and 213 days, which made him the club’s youngest player in Europe.
This season, he made his first Champions League start in the 6-3 win at LASK on 14 October. His first Premier League start came on Sunday, in the 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.
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