Rio Ngumoha makes Anfield history, Mohamed Salah seals Liverpool win over Fulham

Liverpool's teenaged winger Rio Ngumoha became the club's youngest player to score a Premier League goal at Anfield on Saturday before Mohamed Salah struck four minutes later in a 2-0 win over Fulham that boosted their quest for a top-five finish.

The 17-year-old Ngumoha -- already the team's youngest scorer thanks to his goal at Newcastle in August when he was 16 -- etched his name alongside another record when he made space with a couple of stepovers before curling a rocket into the far corner in the 36th minute.

Salah doubled the lead with a first-time finish to the far corner in the 40th. The 33-year-old, who is leaving Anfield at the end of the season after nine remarkable years, tapped a hand to his Liverpool shirt crest with a wave to the crowd.

Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno had virtually no chance at stopping either goal.

With five Champions League places up for grabs next season, Liverpool remained fifth in the table on 52 points, four ahead of sixth-place Chelsea after their first league win since late-February.

It also came on the heels of three successive losses across all competitions, including a demoralising 4-0 rout by Manchester City in the FA Cup, and a 2-0 loss to Paris St Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot had said his side had been playing in "survival mode" against PSG on Wednesday, but they found a way to steady themselves on Saturday as youth and experience of two goalscorers at opposite ends of their careers combined to right the ship against Fulham.

Salah now has 108 Premier League goals at Anfield with only Thierry Henry (114 at Highbury) netting more at a single venue in the competition's history.

Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson called Ngumoha "unbelievable".

"(The goal was) a great finish, great performance by him," Robertson told Sky Sports. "He just keeps learning and listening, he's such a good kid. He's got a big future ahead of him, but here and now is pretty good as well."

Liverpool almost scored a third goal in the second half on Saturday after Jeremie Frimpong worked the ball into the area before sending in an inviting cross for Cody Gakpo but the forward could not finish.

Fulham narrowly missed a chance in the second half when Emile Smith Rowe's attempt flew just wide of Giorgi Mamardashvili's post.

Fulham are 11th on 44 points. (Reporting by Lori Ewing, editing by Pritha Sarkar)