Cody Gakpo says Liverpool must maintain their focus after extending winning run

Cody Gakpo has warned Liverpool must keep focus after making it three wins out of three in the Champions League with Wednesday’s 1-0 victory away to RB Leipzig.

Darwin Nunez’s first-half goal was enough to bring another three-point haul, although Liverpool needed big saves from Caoimhin Kelleher at the end to stay in front as Leipzig caused them plenty of problems both early in the game and at the end.

The win means that Liverpool are, alongside Aston Villa, one of only two teams to have taken maximum points from their first three Champions League games in the new format.

“Obviously it’s the Champions League, a different set-up, maybe some more difficult games,” Gakpo said.

“We started off very well but there’s a few more matches in the group stage, so we are not done yet and have to stay focused. But it shows the good start of us.”

The win saw this Liverpool side become the first in club history to win their first six away games of a season, and the first to have won 11 of their opening 12 games.

Arne Slot’s team started slowly in Germany and the hosts passed up opportunities to take the lead before Nunez poked home in the 27th minute with Liverpool’s first meaningful attack.

From then on Liverpool were able to hold possession but their failure to add to the score meant they were never in complete control, and there were nervous moments late on as Leipzig poured forward in search of an equaliser.

“I think we worked very hard. We chose good moments to counter-attack, also to attack, and I think we did very well,” Gakpo added. “Sometimes we just kept the ball as well. I think it was overall a good performance.

“At the end, we defended well. We needed Caoimh (Kelleher) and the back line to save us, but that’s also a