Celtic vs RB Leipzig LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction tonight
Celtic welcome RB Leipzig as they desperately search for their first Champions League win of the season
Celtic have entered the last chance saloon of the Champions League group stages and need to pick up three points tonight if they are to have any hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the competition. The Hoops have only collected one point from their first three matches following a draw with Shakhtar Donetsk and defeats to Real Madrid and RB Leipzig.
Ange Postecoglou’s side were humbled 3-1 in Germany last Wednesday after running out of steam in the second half against RB Leipzig despite an encouraging first 45 minutes. That display encapsulated the story of their Champions League campaign so far where they’ve competed with teams for almost an hour before letting the standards drop towards the end of the game.
The Scottish side will be given a boost by playing at home this evening and come into the match on the back of an injury time winner over St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership. Giorgos Giakoumakis scored in the 95th minute to give Celtic a 2-1 win and could be in line to start tonight after Jota was taken off the pitch at half-time on Saturday.
Follow all the action from Celtic Park after the conclusion of FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City:
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
81 mins: Marko Stamenic is booked for a foul in midfield and will miss the next match for Copenhagen. City flick the ball into the box but the home side manage to clear the danger easily enough.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
78 mins: Phil Foden has scored five goals in the last three games for Manchester City. If he scores again tonight then he’ll guarantee City a spot in the knockout stages.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
75 mins: Pep Guardiola has readied a couple of changes with Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden waiting on the sidelines. There’s a break in play after Manuel Akanji took a knock and needed some treatment.
Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne are the two men taken off.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
72 mins: Chance! Victor Kristiansen slides a lovely ball into the box and curls a pass in behind Ruben Dias. The ball skips over to the far post where Johannesson lunges for the ball but just misses it and it rolls out of play.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
69 mins: Pep Guardiola may be thinking about making some changes if he wants to still win this game. The quality on the City bench could create a few more chances as this game enters the last 20 minutes.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
66 mins: Kevin De Bruyne sends a cross into the box but a defender beats Julian Alvarez to it in the air. The visitors then appeal for a penalty from the resultant corner but nothing comes from the incident.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
63 mins: Manchester City have scored in every game since 13th April which was a 0-0 against Atletico Madrid. That’s a 23 game streak of scoring but it’s looking as though that run is going to end.
Jack Grealish swings a corner into the penalty area and finds Rodri but he can’t control his effort and the ball goes wide of goal.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
60 mins: Isak Bergmann Johannesson comes on to replace Hakon Arnar Haraldsson for Copenhagen. Half an hour to play in this one and City are being made to work hard after going down to 10-men.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
57 mins: Close! City attack from the left side with Joao Cancelo pushing high up the pitch. He flicks the ball into the box but it gets nodded out to Alvarez who sends it back to Cancelo.
This time he slides a short pass to Grealish who guides the ball to the byline to match De Bruyne’s run. The midfielder gets to the pass then boots an effort into the near side-netting.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
54 mins: Khocholava takes out Grealish in the middle of the pitch and gives City a free kick. Grealish has a word with the referee and tells him that he’s been taken out at least four times now and only Valdemar Lund has been given a yellow card.
He’s not very happy out there.
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