Man City vs RB Leipzig 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Manchester City

54': Erling Haaland
70': Phil Foden
87': Julián Álvarez

FT
3 - 2

RB Leipzig

13': Loïs Openda
33': Loïs Openda

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.

Match Commentary

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.
21': Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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.
45': Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Rúben Dias.
45': Second Half begins Manchester City 0, RB Leipzig 2.
54': Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Jack Grealish.
54': Substitution, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez replaces Kyle Walker.
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.
60': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Benjamin Sesko replaces Loïs Openda.
60': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner replaces Emil Forsberg.
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.
74': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Fábio Carvalho replaces Amadou Haidara.
75': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Xavi Simons because of an injury.
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.
88': Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Xaver Schlager.
90'+3': Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Gómez replaces Josko Gvardiol.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 51,402

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

RBL		MNC
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

Line-Ups

Manchester City (3-2-4-1)

No.	Name
18	Stefan Ortega (GK)
3	Rúben Dias
24	Josko Gvardiol
2	Kyle Walker
25	Manuel Akanji
16	Rodri
10	Jack Grealish
47	Phil Foden
9	Erling Haaland
82	Rico Lewis
20	Bernardo Silva

Substitutes:

Julián Álvarez, Jérémy Doku, Oscar Bobb, Nathan Aké, John Stones, Scott Carson, Kalvin Phillips, Ederson, Sergio Gómez.

RB Leipzig (5-4-1)

No.	Name
21	Janis Blaswich (GK)
16	Lukas Klostermann
23	Castello Lukeba
2	Mohamed Simakan
22	David Raum
8	Amadou Haidara
24	Xaver Schlager
13	Nicolas Seiwald
20	Xavi Simons
10	Emil Forsberg
17	Loïs Openda