UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, November 28, 2023
RB Leipzig LLWWL 2
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Manchester City WWWDD 3
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RBL202
MNC033
Etihad Stadium · 51,402 att.

Match Report

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Man City recover from two-goal deficit to beat Leipzig 3-2

Manchester City clawed their way back from two goals down to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 and clinch top spot in Group G on Tuesday with one game remaining.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
1
29.8
Possession
70.2
5
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
743
327
Passes
796
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
12
0.0
Cross %
0.5
36
Long Balls
29
15
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
1
5
Effective Tackles
4
14
Tackles
6
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
11
17
Clearances
11

Highlights

01:32 Why Man City's defending is a real concern Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MNC · 3-2-4-1

  1. 18Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD
  3. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  4. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  5. 25Manuel AkanjiCM-L
  6. 16RodriCM-R
  7. 10Jack GrealishLM
  8. 47Phil FodenRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 82Rico LewisAM-L
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaAM-R

RBL · 5-4-1

  1. 21Janis BlaswichG
  2. 16Lukas KlostermannCD
  3. 23Castello LukebaCD-L
  4. 2Mohamed SimakanCD-R
  5. 22David RaumLB
  6. 8Amadou HaidaraRB
  7. 24Xaver SchlagerCM-L
  8. 13Nicolas SeiwaldCM-R
  9. 20Xavi SimonsLM
  10. 10Emil ForsbergRM
  11. 17Loïs OpendaF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Manchester City 0, RB Leipzig 1. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Janis Blaswich.
  2. 21' Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Goal! Manchester City 0, RB Leipzig 2. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xavi Simons following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Rúben Dias.
  5. 54' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Jack Grealish.
  6. 54' Substitution, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez replaces Kyle Walker.
  7. 54' Goal! Manchester City 1, RB Leipzig 2. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
  8. 60' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Benjamin Sesko replaces Loïs Openda.
  9. 60' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner replaces Emil Forsberg.
  10. 70' Goal! Manchester City 2, RB Leipzig 2. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
  11. 74' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Fábio Carvalho replaces Amadou Haidara.
  12. 75' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Xavi Simons because of an injury.
  13. 87' Goal! Manchester City 3, RB Leipzig 2. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  14. 88' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Xaver Schlager.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Gómez replaces Josko Gvardiol.

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