<p>Milan: An own goal by <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rb-leipzig">RB Leipzig</a> defender Castello Lukeba gave <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/inter-milan">Inter Milan</a> a 1-0 home win in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/champions-league">Champions League</a> on Tuesday as the Italian champions provisionally moved top of the standings.</p><p>Unbeaten Inter top the table with 13 points from five games, one point above second-placed Barcelona - who beat Brest 3-0 - and third-placed Liverpool, who have a game in hand and host defending champions Real Madrid on Wednesday.</p><p>Inter dominated the first half and took the lead in the 27th minute after Lukeba turned the ball into Leipzig's own net following Federico Dimarco's free kick.</p><p>Dimarco, making his first Champions League start of the season, curled a cross into the box and the ball bounced in off the 21-year-old's foot.</p><p>The hosts looked set for a comfortable victory, however Simone Inzaghi's men slowed their pace significantly after the break.</p><p>Leipzig sensed their chance and grew into the clash and Inter keeper Yann Sommer pulled off a brilliant save when he denied a low attempt from Antonio Nusa in the 69th minute.</p>.Liverpool sign Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig for €70 million.<p>The visitors, who came into the match as one of five teams to have lost their first four games, were without midfielder Xavi Simons, sidelined with an ankle injury.</p><p>They were also without defender Lukas Klostermann, who joined an already long absentee list after he was forced off with a calf injury at halftime of their 4-3 defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday.</p><p>Inter, meanwhile, had Hakan Calhanoglu back after a thigh injury, and Lautaro Martinez started up front alongside Mehdi Taremi after the Argentina striker was sick following his return from international duty.</p><p>Inter continued to skate on thin ice as they risked conceding a late equaliser before Henrikh Mkhitaryan thought he had doubled their lead in stoppage time, but the goal was ruled out for a foul by Marcus Thuram.</p><p>They managed to avoid a slip-up and maintained their perfect defensive record in the competition as the only team yet to concede a goal at this point of their European campaign.</p><p>Inter have won four consecutive games without conceding for the first time in Europe's top-tier competition, after a run of three in 1966-67 and 2009-10.</p><p>They beat Red Star Belgrade 4-0, Young Boys 1-0 and Arsenal 1-0 after opening their campaign with a goalless draw at Manchester City.</p><p>Three-times champions Inter, who are third in Serie A and one point off leaders Napoli, next visit German champions Bayer Leverkusen on December 10.</p><p>Leipzig, still in search of their first points of the league phase after five consecutive losses in the competition, host Aston Villa the same day.</p>
<p>Milan: An own goal by <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rb-leipzig">RB Leipzig</a> defender Castello Lukeba gave <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/inter-milan">Inter Milan</a> a 1-0 home win in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/champions-league">Champions League</a> on Tuesday as the Italian champions provisionally moved top of the standings.</p><p>Unbeaten Inter top the table with 13 points from five games, one point above second-placed Barcelona - who beat Brest 3-0 - and third-placed Liverpool, who have a game in hand and host defending champions Real Madrid on Wednesday.</p><p>Inter dominated the first half and took the lead in the 27th minute after Lukeba turned the ball into Leipzig's own net following Federico Dimarco's free kick.</p><p>Dimarco, making his first Champions League start of the season, curled a cross into the box and the ball bounced in off the 21-year-old's foot.</p><p>The hosts looked set for a comfortable victory, however Simone Inzaghi's men slowed their pace significantly after the break.</p><p>Leipzig sensed their chance and grew into the clash and Inter keeper Yann Sommer pulled off a brilliant save when he denied a low attempt from Antonio Nusa in the 69th minute.</p>.Liverpool sign Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig for €70 million.<p>The visitors, who came into the match as one of five teams to have lost their first four games, were without midfielder Xavi Simons, sidelined with an ankle injury.</p><p>They were also without defender Lukas Klostermann, who joined an already long absentee list after he was forced off with a calf injury at halftime of their 4-3 defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday.</p><p>Inter, meanwhile, had Hakan Calhanoglu back after a thigh injury, and Lautaro Martinez started up front alongside Mehdi Taremi after the Argentina striker was sick following his return from international duty.</p><p>Inter continued to skate on thin ice as they risked conceding a late equaliser before Henrikh Mkhitaryan thought he had doubled their lead in stoppage time, but the goal was ruled out for a foul by Marcus Thuram.</p><p>They managed to avoid a slip-up and maintained their perfect defensive record in the competition as the only team yet to concede a goal at this point of their European campaign.</p><p>Inter have won four consecutive games without conceding for the first time in Europe's top-tier competition, after a run of three in 1966-67 and 2009-10.</p><p>They beat Red Star Belgrade 4-0, Young Boys 1-0 and Arsenal 1-0 after opening their campaign with a goalless draw at Manchester City.</p><p>Three-times champions Inter, who are third in Serie A and one point off leaders Napoli, next visit German champions Bayer Leverkusen on December 10.</p><p>Leipzig, still in search of their first points of the league phase after five consecutive losses in the competition, host Aston Villa the same day.</p>