Budapest-Sana
Liverpool scored two goals within five minutes at the start of the second half by Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to stun Razen Pal Sport Leipzig 2-0 in the first leg of the Champions League 16th round today.
The England champion, who has lost his last three Premier League matches and hopes to retain the title in the wind, will go into the second leg in England on March 10 with a good edge.
Salah easily snatched Marcel Sabitzer's back pass to put Liverpool ahead in the 53rd minute and pave the way for the team's first victory in any competition since late January.
Mane took advantage of another mistake when Nordi Mukele failed to disperse the ball after five minutes, so that the German team was in real trouble at the Puskas Stadium in Budapest, where the match was held after its transfer due to restrictions on containing the Corona virus in Germany.
Leipzig entered the game high with a series of four wins and shot the post at the start of the first half but started without attacking fangs after the two goals until Tyler Adams missed an opportunity in injury time.