RB Leipzig vs Celtic LIVE: Champions League result, score and reaction as Silva scores twice as Leipzig win

RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic: Bhoys drops to the bottom of Champions League Group F with defeat in Germany

Celtic prepare to face RB Leipzig in Group F of Champions League

RB Leipzig earned their first Champions League points this season after a quickfire double from Andre Silva and Christopher Nkunku’s first-half strike sealed a 3-1 home win over Celtic.

Nkunku twice raced clear to find the net - his first attempt was ruled a fraction offside after a VAR check but the Frenchman made amends in the 27th minute, poking the ball past the advancing Joe Hart and slotting home from a tight angle.

The visitors got off to the perfect start in the second half, drawing level after two minutes when Furuhashi held off three Leipzig defenders before laying the ball off to Jota who scored with a composed finish.

Celtic got another reprieve from VAR when Dominik Szoboszlai’s superb long-range effort was ruled out just after the hour mark but Silva capitalised on a poor pass from goalkeeper Hart seconds later to restore Leipzig’s lead. Silva calmly fired past Hart again in the 77th minute after Celtic were undone by a long diagonal pass from Nkunku, which Mohamed Simakan met with a cushioned volley to the Portuguese striker.

Relive all the action as Celtic lose to RB Leipzig in the Champions League group stages:

RB Leipzig vs Celtic

• FULL-TIME! RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic
• Celtic drop to the bottom of Group F with defeat in Leipzig
• 77’ - GOAL! Silva calmly finishes a brilliant team move (RBL 3-1 CEL)
• 64’ - GOAL! Almost immediately after the reprieve, Silva fires home after a Hart error (RBL 2-1 CEL)
• 62’ - NO GOAL! Szoboszlai scores but VAR rules it out for Silva’s offside (RBL 1-1 CEL)
• 47’ - GOAL! Jota slots home from Furuhashi’s pass (RBL 1-1 CEL)
• 27’ - GOAL! Nkunku rounds Hart and finishes neatly (RBL 1-0 CEL)
• 18’ - NO GOAL! Neat Nkunku finish ruled out by VAR for offside (RBL 0-0 CEL)

[5 October 2022 18:56 · Michael Jones]

Man City vs Copenhagn line-ups

Coming up at the conclusion of Celtic’s match against RB Leipzig is Manchester City’s Champions League game against FC Copenhagen.

Here’s a look at the two line-ups for that one:

Man City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Gomez, Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez, Haaland, Alvarez, Grealish

Copenhagen XI: Grabara, Diks, Vavro, SKocholava, Kristiansen, Stamenic, Lerager, Johannesson, Claesson, Daramy, Karamoko

[5 October 2022 18:43 · Michael Jones]

HT RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

Christopher Nkunku’s finish is the only difference between the teams at the halfway stage of this game.

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[5 October 2022 18:38 · Michael Jones]

Half-time: RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

45+7 mins: RB Leipzig take a lead into the break after what has been a very open 45 minutes of football. The difference has been the class of Christopher Nkunku who has given Leipzig the clinical edge on front of goal.

Celtic have created plenty of chances though and they won’t be too disheartened by going into half-time just one goal behind.

[5 October 2022 18:35 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

45+3 mins: Abildgaard gives the ball away and allows Leipzig to fly up the pitch and try to work the ball into the penalty area. Greg Taylor holds his ground and deflects the cross behind for a corner that then comes to nothing.

[5 October 2022 18:33 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

45 mins: There’s going to be seven minutes of added time to play. A chipped pass from Timo Werner comes over the top to Andre Silva who brings the ball under control before checking to the right and drilling a low effort straight at Joe Hart.

[5 October 2022 18:28 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

42 mins: Nearly! Celtic feed the ball to Jota on the left wing and he dribbles his way down the line before lifting a good cross over to the middle of the box.

Kyogo leaves his marker and leaps towwards the ball but his headed effort loops just over the top of the crossbar.

[5 October 2022 18:24 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

39 mins: Callum McGregor gave it another go but he goes to ground off the ball once more and needs to come off. Both Celtic and RB Leipzig captains have had to come off the pitch now.

Oliver Abildgaard is the midfielder brought on to replace McGregor.

[5 October 2022 18:22 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

36 mins: Both Celtic players are back on their feet and playing on. There’s going to be a fair chunk of stoppage time added on at the end of this half.

Can the visitors get themselves back on level terms before the break?

[5 October 2022 18:21 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

33 mins: More bad news fo Celtic as captain Callum McGregor goes down in midfield and needs a bit of treatment. He’ll be okay though but the same can’t be said of Josip Juranovic who comes off worse from a heavy tackle.

He’s down on the wing and is been checked over by the medics.

[5 October 2022 18:17 · Michael Jones]

RB Leipzig 1-0 Celtic

30 mins: Celtic shouldn’t get too disheartened. They’ve shown that they can cause Leipzig plenty of trouble if their finishing becomes more clinical.

Christopher Nkunku has shown again why the big clubs in Europe want to sign him. He’s scored two fine goals with two beautiful finishes but only one of them has counted.

Will he add more before the end of the game?