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Ngumoha sparks Liverpool comeback; shark guarded in Busan

Liverpool came back from two goals down to beat Villarreal four to three at Anfield, with the teenager providing two assists; the youngest ever for the club in Europe.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLiverpool came from two goals down to beat Villarreal four to three at Anfield in the Champions League, and eighteen-year-old Rio Ngumoha was named player of the match.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe set up two goals, for Ronald Araújo and Alexis Mac Allister, and he became Liverpool's youngest player to provide an assist in European competition, beating a mark held by Michael Owen.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe left to a standing ovation.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEighteen years old and already past Michael Owen. Imagine the pressure of being that good before you can rent a car.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn Busan, South Korea, a shark has spent a month trapped in a canal, and according to The Guardian, volunteers in hi-vis vests and clutching selfie sticks now keep watch over her.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe's called Bukangi, she's been made an honorary ambassador to the city, and local authorities say nearly one point four million people have come to see her.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen feet of endangered shark in a canal, and the public response is selfie sticks. The sea is warming, and we are taking portraits.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNoted.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNoted! Hear that, Vera? Highest praise I've ever had from him.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd King Charles welcomed Sultan Haitham of Oman to Windsor Castle, the first Omani state visit to Britain in forty-four years.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt began at the Sultan's private London residence in Regent's Park. Windsor came second, which is a bold order of operations.

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