Liverpool Beat Fulham 2-0 to End Losing Streak

Liverpool secured a vital 2-0 victory over Fulham at Anfield on Saturday, ending a three-game losing streak and strengthening their position in the race for a top-five Premier League finish. The win, courtesy of goals from teenage winger Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah, came just days before the Reds host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarterfinal second leg, where they trail 2-0 from the first leg.

Ngumoha, starting only his second Premier League match, opened the scoring in the 36th minute. The 17-year-old received a pass from Florian Wirtz on the left flank, evaded Fulham defender Timothy Castagne with a series of stepovers, and curled a precise shot into the far corner past goalkeeper Bernd Leno. It marked Ngumoha's second league goal of the season—his first came as a late winner at Newcastle in August—and made him Liverpool's youngest Premier League scorer at Anfield at 17 years and 225 days.

Salah doubled the lead four minutes later, finishing a move initiated by Ngumoha and assisted by Cody Gakpo with a trademark curled effort into the far corner. The 33-year-old Egyptian forward tapped his hand to the Liverpool crest in acknowledgment of the Anfield crowd,...