RB Leipzig vs Man City LIVE! Champions League match stream, latest score and goal updates today
Manchester City look to avoid falling to a third straight defeat as they travel to take on RB Leipzig in the Champions League tonight. After a Carabao Cup exit to Newcastle, Pep Guardiola’s side were beaten over the weekend by Wolves as their unbeaten start to the Premier League season came to an end.
The Champions League holders had to come from behind in the opening match of their European defence, as Red Star Belgrade took a shock lead before City turned things around in relatively routine fashion. Rodri starts for City tonight, despite still being suspended domestically, while Erling Haaland leads the line, having scored five goals in his last appearance against Leipzig.
The Bundesliga side beat Young Boys in their opening Champions League match and have the quality to cause City problems, as they showed when hammering Bayern Munich earlier this campaign. They did however suffer an 8-1 aggregate defeat when facing Guardiola’s side in the knockout stages last season. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!
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GOAL! RB Leipzig 0-1 Man City | Phil Foden 25′
Well that’s been coming!
City finally get the goal they deserve. Lewis in down the right, pulls the ball back perfect and Foden runs onto it to finish first-time. Lovely goal.
22 mins: Gvardiol too keen as Simakan brings the ball forward, Leipzig free-kick.
Well, they’ve barely had a kick so far but Leipzig have made it to the midway point of the first-half with it still goalless… somehow.
19 mins: And another chance!
Leipzig give it away on the edge of their own box, Foden picks the ball up and jinks past the challenges.
Off balance as he fires at goal, shot slices wide of the far post. Relentless from the visitors.
17 mins: The goal is coming if it stays like this, just constant pressure from City.
Silva out wide on the right, cuts inside into the box and onto his favoured left foot. Gets the shot away, did that strike an arm? City think so, referee does not. No penalty.
14 mins: What a miss!
City have somehow not taken the lead! Ball falls for Foden in the box, his shot bobbles towards the back post where Silva somehow turns it wide from about two yards.
Completely free – any sort of decent contact and it’s a goal.
13 mins: Chance for City at one end, but Grealish takes long to do anything with the ball and eventually decides to turn back as the opportunity goes.
Leipzig eventually win it back, Raum whips a decent cross into the City box but Dias is there to head the danger away.
11 mins: We’ve played just over ten minutes in Germany – City have had just under 90% possession!
Leipzig with no interest in pressing the visitors, giving the City defenders and midfielders all the time they want on the ball.
They have though done a decent job of keeping Haaland quiet… for now.
8 mins: Lewis with a nice drive through the Leipzig midfield, lays it off to Foden and the Englishman has space 25 yards out.
Opts to go for the shot, cannons into a white shirt though and Leipzig can clear. City seeing all of the ball but yet to create anything in the way of clear-cut chances.
5 mins: There was a moment for the hosts.
Lewis caught on the ball, Schlager robs him and Leipzig suddenly have space to burst into.
Really good from Lewis though, gets back quickly and wins the ball to make up for the earlier error.
3 mins: The early pattern is an expected one.
Leipzig sitting in a mid-block, letting City have the ball in defence and then looking to pounce quickly on the counter when they win the ball back.
That plan relies on actually winning the ball back though – City confident so far.
