Darwin Nunez's first-half goal was enough to earn Liverpool a 1-0 Champions League win at RB Leipzig as the outstanding start to Arne Slot's reign continued in Germany.Against a club that will soon become a concern of former Reds boss Jurgen Klopp, Slot's men set two new club records - the first Liverpool side to win their first six away games of a season and the first to triumph in 11 of their first 12 matches.Nunez, brought into the starting XI in place of the injured Diogo Jota, delivered the winner in the 27th minute, poking home Mohamed Salah's header, and a seventh clean sheet of the campaign made sure of victory.
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Please review their details and accept them to load the content. Manage Preferences Top of the Premier League, and with nine points from three Champions League games, Liverpool's results have been outstanding, but after Slot warned he wanted to see his side do a better job of dominating games there were plenty of sticky patches against a Leipzig team who had two goals disallowed.Leipzig, who sit level on points with Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, started as the better side and were on top at the end too, but could not avoid a third straight Champions League defeat.Bar a dramatic turnaround Klopp could find that the jewel in Red Bull's footballing crown are facing an early exit from the competition by the time he starts as their head of global soccer in January.Yet they could have led just minutes into the match.