Red Star Belgrade blew Champions League Group C wide open and loosened Liverpool's grip on top spot after Milan Pavkov scored a first-half brace in a 2-0 win.
2018/2019 UEFA Champions League
2-0
Match Events
22' GOAL! Red Star Belgrade 1-0 Liverpool (Pavkov)
A wonderful corner is fired in by Marin and perfectly picks out Pavkov, who rises high above his marker and easily beats Alisson with a bullet header to make it 1-0.
29' GOAL! Red Star Belgrade 2-0 Liverpool (Pavkov)
Liverpool clumsily lose possession, allowing the striker to muscle his way forward. He easily shrugs off Wijnaldum on his way forward and then unleashes a brilliant, 25-yard shot that flies past Alisson and into the top corner of the net.
Match Report
In the opening 45 minutes, Red Star looked a class apart from the team which lost 4-0 at Anfield two weeks ago, as Pavkov netted twice in seven minutes to leave Jurgen Klopp's side trailing by two at half-time.
The Premier League outfit's attempts to claw things back saw them hit the frame of the goal twice in the second half through Andrew Robertson and Mohamed Salah, but they were unable to make their pressure tell and Red Star held on to their first win in the group stage.
Line-ups
Red Star Belgrade XI: Marko Marin, N. Krstičić, Vujadin Savic, M. Rodić, M. Borjan, E. Ben Nabouhane, S. Srnić, M. Degenek, F. Stojković, M. Pavkov, D. Jovančić
Subs: N. Stojiljković, G. Čaušić, M. Gobeljić, V. Simić, B. Jovičić, Z. Popović, Srdjan Babic
Liverpool XI: Milner, Sturridge, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Matip, Alisson, Salah, Van Dijk, S. Mané, A.Robertson, T. Alexander-Arnold
Subs: S. Mignolet, Roberto Firmino, Moreno, Origi, Fabinho, Gomez, N.Keita