Third game, third defeat: RB Leipzig are still unfamiliar with the new Champions League and are in a crisis in the top flight. Coach Marco Rose's team lost 0:1 (0:1) against favorites Liverpool FC and must now win at Celtic Glasgow in two weeks. Darwin Núñez (27th minute) scored the decisive goal in front of 45,228 fans for Liverpool, who in complete contrast to Leipzig now have three wins from three games.
Rose had described Liverpool as a "board" before kick-off and rated them significantly higher than their previous victorious opponents Atlético Madrid (1:2) and Juventus Turin (2:3). Nevertheless, his team went into the game unimpressed by their zero-point haul and initially met the Reds on equal terms. The last-minute defensive switch - Benjamin Henrichs came on for Lukas Klostermann, who was suffering from a stomach bug - was not noticeable at first.
After two half-baked chances through Benjamin Sesko (7th) with a header and Amadou Haidara (14th) with a shot from distance, Leipzig even came close to taking the lead. After a mistake by LFC goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher, Sesko flicked the ball onto the empty goal from the byline, but missed it by a few centimetres.
