RB Leipzig vs Man City LIVE: Champions League team news, line-ups and more tonight
Guardiola: “Now starts the toughest part of the season”
Follow live as Manchester City travel to RB Leipzig in the Champions League tonight. City have already sealed top spot in Group A and are now playing for mere points and prize money, with their final fixture. Pep Guardiola knows the hard work is already done and this match will be about rotation, freshening up the team and giving an opportunity to those on the fringes a chance to stake their claim ahead of a tough run of games across Christmas and the new year.
“There’s many games to come and it’s the toughest part of the season with many games. We are going to try to continue at this level and this rhythm,” he said after the weekend win over Watford. “I’m more than pleased with what the guys have done in this tough period and now comes the toughest one for the amount of games, weather, injuries. We (will) keep going with this rhythm and try to play good.”
There’s much more riding on it for Leipzig, who may need a result to seal third place and Europa League action. They have to match whatever result Club Brugge earn against Paris Saint-Germain in the group’s other fixture, played at the same time. Follow live updates from RB Leipzig vs Man City below:
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RB LEIPZIG VS MANCHESTER CITY LATEST UPDATES
RB Leipzig host Manchester City in Champions League
Kick-off at 5:45pm
City already through; Leipzig need to match Brugge's result to finish third
De Bruyne and Foden start for City
1 minute ago
RB Leipzig vs Man City: Leipzig sack Marsch
Former RB Leipzig manager Jesse Marsch was sacked on Sunday after just four months in charge. The 48-year-old American only joined the club this summer after succeeding Julian Nagelsmann.
Leipzig are 11th in the Bundesliga table, having won just five games out of 14 this season and assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer takes charge of the team against Manchester City tonight.
Michael Jones7 December 2021 17:21
5 minutes ago
RB Leipzig vs Man City: Kevin De Bruyne warned he must ‘fight for a position’ at Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has warned that Kevin De Bruyne will need to fight to win back a regular place in the Manchester City side.
The Belgium playmaker has had a frustrating start to the campaign. He initially lacked match fitness after injuries robbed him of a pre-season before other knocks and a recent spell out with coronavirus prevented him building any momentum.
Kevin De Bruyne warned he must ‘fight for a position’ at Man City
The Belgian playmaker has been out most recently with coronavirus but will start against RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Tuesday
Michael Jones7 December 2021 17:17
9 minutes ago
RB Leipzig vs Man City: Angelino set for City reunion
Angeliño was a Manchester City player between July 2012 and 2021, before he completed a permanent move to RB Leipzig having been on loan at the club since January 2020.
He made only six Premier League appearances for City, all in the first half of that 2019/20 campaign.
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Michael Jones7 December 2021 17:13
14 minutes ago
RB Leipzig vs Man City: City vs German sides
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 14 games against German opponents in the Champions League -with 13 wins and one draw - in a run which began in November 2014 with a 3-2 win over Bayern Munich.
They have won the last nine such fixtures in a row, scoring 28 goals and only conceding nine times in return.
However, City have a mixed record in Germany, with seven wins and six defeats in 14 previous away matches to Bundesliga opposition.
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