"Has been absolutely outstanding tonight", "Stunning performance" - Fans hail Liverpool star after their 1-0 win over Leipzig

Fans were impressed with goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher's performance in Liverpool's UEFA Champions League clash against RB Leipzig on Wednesday, October 23. The match ended in a 1-0 win for the Reds at the Red Bull Arena in Germany.

Darwin Nunez netted the first and only goal of the match with a right-footed shot from very close range after being set up by Mohamed Salah in the 27th minute. Kelleher made six saves at the other end, maintaining a clean sheet for Liverpool on the night.

The Irish shot-stopper has now appeared in three matches for the Reds since first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker sustained a hamstring injury at the beginning of the month. The 25-year-old has maintained two clean sheets in four matches across competitions so far this season.

Kelleher was also announced the Player of the Match by Ireland on their official X account in their last Nations League clash against Greece on October 13.

Several fans took to X to praise Kelleher for his display against RB Leipzig, with one fan writing:

"Kelleher has been absolutely outstanding tonight 👏"

Another added:

"Might need to start doing this with Kelleher. Stunning performance."

"What a shot stopper Kelleher is !" chimed in another.

One account posted:

"Btw Kelleher has been stupendous today, will never know why we signed another goalkeeper🤷🏽‍♂️"

Another tweeted:

"Kelleher was an ABSOLUTE BEAST tonight."

"Kelleher should be our next No. 1 goalkeeper 🤷🏻," posted another.

One user wrote:

"Kelleher has earned his salary this evening oh. he make busy papa."

While another wrote:

"Kelleher having a quality game."

Caoimhin Kelleher was awarded the Player of the Match award while being the highest-rated player (8.5) with 0.96 goals prevented (stats via FotMob).

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Arne Slot opens up after Liverpool's UCL win against RB Leipzig

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot shared his thoughts after his side's victory against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. When asked if the scoreline could have been better for the Reds in the post-match conference, the Dutchman said (via the club's official website):

"Yeah. I don’t think we started the game really well in the first 10 or 15 minutes, but after that I liked a lot what I saw. Many, many, many times we played through their press, opened up their midfield and went for an attack."

"That led to the first goal, that led to a few chances – more than a few and then in the end it’s a pity that you still need your two centre-backs to play such a big game and your goalkeeper to make two such important saves because a game like this should have been ours after 60, 70 minutes and it wasn’t. That’s why the last 20 were still difficult for us," he added.

With this victory, Liverpool have now won the opening six away matches of a season for the first time in the club's 132-year history while Arne Slot became the first Reds manager to win 11 out of his first 12 games in charge across all competitions.