MANCHESTER. Manchester City had a astonishing comeback against RB Leipzig. Manchester City was much better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 51,402 spectators. The referee was Glenn Nyberg with the help of Mahbod Beigi and Andreas Söderkvist. The 4th official was Adam Ladebäck. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.18 degrees Celsius or 41.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 14 Total 5
- 6 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 153 Attack 47
- 85 Dangerous attack 18
- 44 Ball safe 48
- 15 Free Kicks 11
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 70% while RB Leipzig was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.
Manchester City shot 14 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, RB Leipzig shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Manchester City received 1 yellow card (Rúben Dias). On the other side, RB Leipzig didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Manchester City will have 15 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, RB Leipzig will stay with 9 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
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70'
Manchester City started with a 3-2-4-1 line-up (3-2-4-1).
The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Stefan Ortega , Kyle Walker , Rúben Dias , Josko Gvardiol , Rodri , Manuel Akanji , Phil Foden , Bernardo Silva , Rico Lewis , Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland .
The home team had on the bench: Jérémy Doku , Julián Álvarez , Ederson, Kalvin Phillips, John Stones , Nathan Aké , Sergio Gómez, Scott Carson and Oscar Bobb.
Substitutions
Manchester City made 4 changes: Kyle Walker for Julián Álvarez (54′), Jack Grealish for Jérémy Doku (54′), Rúben Dias for Nathan Aké (46′) and Josko Gvardiol for Sergio Gómez (90′).
Player of the match: Phil Foden
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Phil Foden.
His rating is with 1 goal, 62 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
RB Leipzig – Formation
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Marco Rose played with: Janis Blaswich , Amadou Haidara , Mohamed Simakan , Lukas Klostermann , Castello Lukeba , David Raum , Emil Forsberg , Nicolas Seiwald , Xaver Schlager , Xavi Simons and Loïs Openda .
They had on the bench: Yussuf Poulsen , Benjamin Henrichs, Péter Gulácsi, Christopher Lenz, Christoph Baumgartner , Fabio Carvalho , Benjamin Sesko and Kevin Kampl .
RB Leipzig could not rely on the presence of Fabio Carvalho (injured).
Substitutions
RB Leipzig made 5 changes: Emil Forsberg for Christoph Baumgartner (60′), Xavi Simons for Yussuf Poulsen (75′), Xaver Schlager for Kevin Kampl (88′), Loïs Openda for Benjamin Sesko (60′) and Amadou Haidara for Fabio Carvalho (74′).
Player of the match: Loïs Openda
The player that probably impressed the most for RB Leipzig was Loïs Openda.
His rating is with 2 goals, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Lazio – Celtic – 2-0
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Antwerp – 1-0
- Feyenoord – Atlético Madrid – 1-3
- Paris Saint Germain – Newcastle United – 1-1
- Milan – Borussia Dortmund – 1-3
- Manchester City – RB Leipzig – 3-2
- Young Boys – Crvena Zvezda – 2-0
- FC Barcelona – Porto – 2-1
