Leipzig and Manchester City did not take advantage in Germany and, for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, they distributed units.
He RB Leipzig and the Manchester City They drew 1-1 this Wednesday in a game that Pep Guardiola’s men dominated at will in the first half, but found a good reaction from Marco Rose’s men in the second.
Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring for City in the 27th minute and If Guardiol tied for Leipzig in 70.
City took control of the game from the start, once morest a Leipzig team that seemed to have as its motto to try to keep zero in its goal and look for sporadic chances on the counterattack.
Guardiola’s team kept the ball in the opposite half and circulated it near the area, trying to open up spaces.
However, the auctions did not arrive. The 0-1 was the result of a play that originated in an error at the start of Leipzig, which until then had had a good defensive behavior.
Grealisch cut an imprecise pass from Schlager and played with Gündogan, who put the ball into the box to Mahrez and he, following beating Gvardiol, scored with a precise shot.
Then there were two headers from Rodrigo from two corner kicks. The first, in minute 30, quite dangerous.
After conceding the goal, Leipzig tried to play more attacking, but only managed to finish on goal in first-half added time with a low shot from Timo Werner that was no problem for Ederson.
In the second half, Leipzig stepped up their efforts, creating more danger in just over ten minutes in front of City’s goal than in the entire first half.
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In the 53rd minute Benedick headed high and then Henrich, who had come on for Lukas Klostermann, had a great chance off Szboszlai’s pass, but his shot went wide off a post. At 56′, Ederson had to dive to take a cross from Timo Werner off Forsberg’s feet.
The first half of the second part was for Leipzig, whose effort was rewarded in the 70th minute when Josko Gvardiol headed in following a corner kick.
What in the first half had been practically a City monologue had become an open game in the second.
City also created chances. In the 73rd minute Ilkay Gündogan had one following an individual move with a shot to which Blaswich reacted with a good save.
The return match in England, it is worth mentioning, will be played on March 14.
