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
51 mins: Mohamed Daramy fires a pass across the box and Akanji works it behind for another corner before heading the set piece away too.
City then take over possession and work up the pitch but there’s no way into the penalty area and the attack fizzles out.
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
48 mins: There hasn’t been any further changes from either manager at half-time. Copenhagen have started the second half well and win themselve a corner after Rodri deflects the ball out of play.
Haraldsson is tasked with taking the set piece but he whips his effort into the side-netting of the goal.
Second half: Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
Kick off: Copenhagen get the match back underway. Manchester City are guaranteed a spot in the knockout stages if they manage to win tonight but they’ll have to do so with just 10-men.
HT Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
Copenhagen have kept four consecutive Champions League home clean sheets. The most recent player to net a Champions League away goal against them was Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid in December 2013.
The only club from outside the top five European leagues to have a longer run of successive Champions League home clean sheets is Celtic (six, 2004-2007).
Celtic vs RB Leipzig line-ups
Coming up at the conclusion of this game is Celtic’s match against RB Leipzig. The Scottish side need to win and will be boosted by the return of Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Here’s a look at both line-ups:
Celtic XI: Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Jenz, Taylor, O’Riley, Hatate, Abada, Haksbanovic, Maeda, Furuhashi
RB Leipzig XI: Blaswich, Simakan, Orban, Gvardiol, Raum, Haidara, Schlager, Szoboszlai, Nkunku, Werner, Andre Silva
HT Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
Goalless at the break in Copenhagen but Manchester City are down to 10-men. Can they still conjure up a victory from here?
Half-time: Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
45+5 mins: An entertaining first-half - perhaps for all the wrong reasons - comes to an end with the match goalless. Man City have had a goal disallowed, they’ve missed a penalty and are down to 10-men thanks to Sergio Gomez’s red card.
What will the second half have in store for us?
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City
45+3 mins: Ouch! A Man City corner is curled into the box and Manuel Akanji leaps for the ball shoulder-to-shoulder with Nicolai Boilesen.
The ball goes over both players but as the land Akanji falls onto Boilesen’s right leg and sends the defender down in pain. He gets some treatment from the medical staff and will play on for now.
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