RB Leipzig vs Man City LIVE Champions League result, final score and reaction tonight
Manchester City lost to RB Leipzig in the final Champions League Group A fixture on Wednesday night
RB Leipzig struck in each half to beat already-qualified Manchester City 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, booking a spot in the Europa League and snapping the English club’s 14-game unbeaten run against German teams in the competition.
With interim coach Achim Beierlorzer on the bench after the sacking of Jesse Marsch on Sunday, Leipzig secured third spot in Group A on the final matchday ahead of Club Brugge, who lost 4-1 at second-placed Paris St Germain.
City, with seven changes to the team that beat Watford in the Premier League at the weekend, defended high but Dominik Szoboszlai managed to break clear and latch onto a Konrad Laimer ball to round goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 24th minute.
The hosts came close to a second but first Emil Forsberg’s shot was blocked by Steffen and a little later the City keeper made a reflex save to deny Andre Silva from point blank range.
His Leipzig counterpart Peter Gulacsi responded with a superb save of his own in the 40th, getting his fingers to a Phil Foden shot to direct it onto the post.
City looked livelier after the break but Leipzig scored against the run of play with Silva’s well-placed shot in the 71st after City clumsily lost possession in their own half.
The visitors did respond six minutes later with Riyad Mahrez’s diving header for his fifth goal in six Champions League games but their comeback was short-lived with Kyle Walker being shown a red card for kicking Silva from behind.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
69 mins: Grealish has moved over to the left side with Sterling taking up a more central position. Grealish asks for an early ball and sprints behind the Leipzig high line. Gulacsi comes flying out of the penalty area and beats Grealish to ball booting it back down the pitch no-nonsense style.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
66 mins: Things just aren’t clicking for Man City. Their usual slick passes aren’t finding the targets, they’ve sloppily given the ball away and have been caught offside multiple times already.
Leipzig for their part have brought this on. They’re shape is tight, they’re pressing as a unit and when they get the ball their focus is on keeping it.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
63 mins: Konrad Laimer is swapped out for Tyler Adams. Laimer’s had a decent game in midfield and provided a fine assist to Szoboszlai to set up Leipzig’s opening goal.
Zinchenko squeezes an impressive ball out to Grealish on the left side. He drags the ball to the edge of the box and plays it inside to Gundogan who loses possession just as the offside flag goes up against Grealish.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
60 mins: Leipzig work the ball down the other end of the pitch a win a corner. It’s swung into the box but Ake heads it strongly out of the box.
Gundogan dinks a little pass over to De Bruyne who weaves around two midfielders but gets caught by the third before he can pick out Grealish or Mahrez in front of him.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
57 mins: The biggest difference from the first half has been City’s ball retention, they’ve been in control for the majority of time since the restart.
Zinchenko sends the ball out to Grealish on the left wing. He dribbles into the box and passes a cutback to Gundogan who shoots from just inside the area but has his effort blocked by Gvardiol.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
54 mins: Mukiele sends a cross-field ball over to Angelino on the left wing. He volleys a cross into the box but Walker blocks it and the ball bobbles out to De Bruyne.
Grealish flicks a pass round the corner to Gundogan who slides a through ball down the left wing for Sterling. He sprints after the ball and recovers it before cutting inside and seeing the raised offside flag.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
51 mins: Sterling’s introduction has sparked a bit of life into Man City around the Leipzig penalty area. He takes on Mukiele and gest brought down over to the left of the box.
De Bruyne flicks the free kick into the middle but doesn’t beat the first Leipzig defender and the home side work the ball clear.
RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
48 mins: Fernandinho and Szoboszlai both challenge for a bouncing ball with the Leipzig player winning possession. Fernandinho arrives half-a-second too late and clatters into the striker who goes down and wins a free kick in the middle of the pitch.
AC Milan vs Liverpool: Liverpool line-up
Jurgen Klopp has made eight changes to the Liverpool side who beat Wolves with only Alisson, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane keeping their places.
Lots of talke surrounded Divock Origi’s inclusion and he starts up front with young Tyler Morton earning a spot in midfield.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Williams, Konate, Phillips, Tsimikas, Morton, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Salah, Origi, Mane.
Second half: RB Leipzig 1 - 0 Man City
Kick off: Raheem Sterling is on for Manchester City replacing Phil Foden at the break. Sterling has scored in his last two Champions League appearances, can he make it three from three?
Lukas Klostermann has been swapped out for Mohamed Simakan for Leipzig.
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