Liverpool’s perfect Champions League campaign continued with a sixth win and a fifth clean sheet, Arne Slot’s side having now not conceded since the third minute of the opening night. They also have their goalkeeper back, and on a cold night at Montilivi those things were related. Mohamed Salah’s penalty secured a 1-0 win against Girona, but this was as much about Alisson Becker who made five saves on his return to virtually secure a place in the last 16 two matches early.
If the record is perfect, the performance was not. In the end, though, it was enough: businesslike and maybe a bit bureaucratic. The penalty that won it certainly was, handed to them by the video assistant referee. When Girona threatened, the Brazilian helped to hold them at bay. And then, not for the first time, they secured the win in the second half, allowing them to stay top of the table and almost certainly to skip a round, that extra rest something Slot had said would be welcome.
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