Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Benfica v RB Leipzig - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - September 17, 2019 Benfica's Adel Taarabt in action with RB Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - RB Leipzig forward Timo Werner scored two second-half goals to secure an impressive 2-1 win at Benfica in their opening Champions League Group D match on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old finished off a neat Leipzig move to break the deadlock in the 69th minute after Nordi Mukiele threaded the ball into the area where Yussuf Poulsen laid it off for Werner to drive a low shot into the far corner.
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