Manchester United vs RB Leipzig LIVE: Result and reaction from Champions League fixture tonight
Follow all the action as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side aim to continue their perfect start in the group stage
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow all the action as Manchester United host last season’s semi-finalists RB Leipzig in the Champions League group stage at Old Trafford this evening.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side enjoyed the perfect start to their European campaign, defeating Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 at the Parc des Princes. However, United have been in indifferent form domestically, taking just seven points from their opening five Premier League games.
Leipzig lost their star striker, Timo Werner, in the summer but have begun the Bundesliga season in excellent fashion, currently topping the league under prodigious young manager Julian Nagelsmann, having dropped just two points thus far. Follow all the action below:
PSG GAUNTLET LAID DOWN
United shocked PSG last week, but right now they’re on level points - Moise Kean scored twice to give the French side a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir.
It makes this game against Leipzig all the more important.
OLE ON HIS SELECTION
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explains rotation decision as Donny Van de Beek starts
Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford rested for clash against last season’s semi-finalists
HALF AN HOUR TO KO
United looking to shape up with a diamond today, with Bruno Fernandes a surprise name left out of the line-up. Will it enable them to escape the Leipzig press?
CONFIRMED TEAMS
Man United: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Matic, Fred, Pogba, Van de Beek; Martial, Greenwood.
RB Leipzig: Gulacsi; Halstenberg, Upamecano, Konate; Henrichs, Kampl, Olmo, Angelino; Nkunku, Forsberg; Poulsen.
EARLY KO
Worth noting that the other game in this group started at 5:55pm GMT; they are now approaching the hour mark and it’s currently Istanbul Basaksehir 0-0 Paris St Germain.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NIGHT
Evening all. Big night at Old Trafford where United will be looking to make it six points from two games.
UNITED HOST RB LEIPZIG AT OLD TRAFFORD
Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage as Manchester United host RB Leipzig in the Champions League group stage at Old Trafford.
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