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RB Leipzig vs Liverpool: Salah, Mane Fire Jurgen Klopp’s Men to 2-0 Win in Champions League

Liverpool left behind a string of unfavourable results for a refreshing show against RB Leipzig in the first leg of their UEFA Champions league round of 16 clash on Tuesday. Second half strikes from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane helped Liverpool to a 2-0 win in a contest that was shifted from Leipzig to Hungarian capital Budapest due to the strict coronavirus restrictions in Germany. Liverpool have thus ended a run of three successive defeats and their cause was helped by some uncharacteristic errors from Leipzig who allowed both the goals due to poor defensive efforts. However, it was Julian Nagelsmann’s men who took the first chance of going ahead in as early as the fourth minute with a close-range header from Dani Olmo hitting the post.  As the contest progressed, Liverpool started imposing themselves and created more chances. In the 53rd minute, Salah took full advantage of a poor backpass from Leipzig midfielder Marcel Sabitzer to score the opener.  And then five minutes later, Man