UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Manchester City WWWWW 1
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RB Leipzig WLWLL 2
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RBL112
Red Bull Arena

Match Report

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RB Leipzig claim Europa League spot after dramatic victory against Manchester City

RB Leipzig beat Manchester City 2-1 in their final Champions League Group A match at the Red Bull Arena.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
55.6
Possession
44.4
13
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
483
Accurate Passes
378
556
Passes
451
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
2
22
Crosses
10
0.5
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
53
27
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
3
11
Tackles
4
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
7
5
Effective Clearances
14
5
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MNC leads series 1-0

Lineups

RBL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 32Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 16Lukas KlostermannCD-R
  4. 3AngeliñoLB
  5. 22Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 10Emil ForsbergAM
  7. 44Kevin KamplLM
  8. 27Konrad LaimerRM
  9. 33André SilvaF
  10. 17Dominik SzoboszlaiAM-L
  11. 18Christopher NkunkuAM-R

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 13Zack SteffenG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 17Kevin De BruyneLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 10Jack GrealishF
  10. 47Phil FodenLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! RB Leipzig 1, Manchester City 0. Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konrad Laimer with a through ball.
  3. 30' Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Phil Foden.
  5. 45' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Mohamed Simakan replaces Lukas Klostermann.
  6. 63' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Tyler Adams replaces Konrad Laimer.
  7. 71' Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Manchester City 0. André Silva (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
  8. 76' Goal! RB Leipzig 2, Manchester City 1. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko with a cross.
  9. 79' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Benjamin Henrichs replaces Nordi Mukiele.
  10. 80' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Brian Brobbey replaces Emil Forsberg.
  11. 81' John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 82' Kyle Walker (Manchester City) is shown the red card.
  13. 86' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Ilaix Moriba replaces André Silva.
  14. 87' Substitution, Manchester City. Cole Palmer replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  15. 87' Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces Nathan Aké.
  16. 90'+1' Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.

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