Salah penalty maintains Reds' perfect record
Mohamed Salah's second-half penalty allowed Liverpool to maintain a 100 percent record in this season's Champions League with a 1-0 win at Girona.
Runaway leader in both the Premier League and European football's new elite league phase, Liverpool is on the brink of the last 16 with two games to spare.
Girona suffered its fifth defeat from six in the competition but made the Reds work for their victory and in the opening half had chances to take the lead.
The LaLiga club was foiled by Alisson, though, with the Brazil goalkeeper fit again and restored to the Liverpool XI for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury in early October.
While Liverpool struggled to create at times at the other end, it found its breakthrough from the spot in the 63rd minute after a VAR review highlighted a foul by Donny van de Beek on Luis Diaz.
Salah converted from 12 yards, and Liverpool were able to keep their hosts at arm's length thereafter to continue a sensational season.
