City came from the toilet to suffer against Leipzig

Leipzig achieved their goal of taking the Champions League round of 16 tie against Manchester City at the Etihad by being able to overcome a first half of absolute superiority by Pep Guardiola’s side and react after the break to secure a fair draw (1-1).

City monopolized possession from the first whistle, although in the first half-hour they had almost no chances due to none of them being the dominant Kevin De Bruyne, who was out due to illness.

Haaland, no space

But, as Guardiola would have it, he was not impatient and heated up the game in a long possession in which a boxed-in Erling Haaland did not participate, which Leipzig controlled by barely letting him make contact with the ball .

City only risked a header from Rúben Dias from a corner (13′) before an error in Leipzig’s clearance from the ball gave them the option to open the scoring with their first clear chance.

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A wicked horizontal pass from Xaver Schlager to another midfielder Konrad Laimer was intercepted by Jack Grealish, who put in a vertical pass that Ilkay Gündogan skimmed past Josko Gvardiol and only found Riyad Mahrez, who ended at will (27′).

City maintained their full control of the game, making no mistakes on the ball, and their possession was close to 80 percent in the first half. Haaland narrowly missed a header from Rodri after a corner (29′) and Grealish made it 0-2 with a shot that went just wide (35′), but Leipzig woke up in the second half.

change and reaction

Marco Rose brought on Benjamin Henrichs at half-time for Lukas Klostermann on the right and the change gave his team a different air. Despite the fact that Schlager, providential, prevented another goal from Mahrez, the Germans took a step forward, were more energetic in pressing and gradually gained confidence until they got the ball from a City that sometimes gets out of control.

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Heinrichs equalized by receiving a solo pass from Dominik Szoboszlai and missed his cross shot by millimeters (54′) before Ederson dominated attempts by André Silva and Szoboszlai himself.

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Leipzig was recognized, he was finally in the Bundesliga and tied with his figure, the limping Christopher Nkunku, on the field, in a bad start from Ederson in a corner kick that Gvardiol aimed at Rúben Dias (69 ) .

Despite almost missing Haaland with almost no openings on a counter that failed, City reacted again through Gündogan, who frustrated Blaswich into a save. It was not enough for him as Guardiola made no changes and left both Phil Foden and Julián Álvarez on the bench with confidence to decide the tie on March 14 at the Etihad.

LEIPZIG

11

CITY OF MANCHESTER

Leipzig: Blaswich; Klostermann (Henrichs, 46′), Orban, Gvardiol, Halstenberg (Raum, 89′); Laimer, Schlager (Haidara, 82′); Szoboszlai, Forsberg (Nkunku, 66′), Werner; Andre Silva (Poulsen, 82′)
The
City of Manchester: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Rúben Dias, Aké; Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish
The
Goals: 0-1 Mahrez (27′), 1-1 Gvardiol (70′)

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands). Yellow to Henrichs (89′)

Spectators: 45,228 at Red Bull Arena

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