RB Leipzig — Manchester City. UCL 23/24 match announcement.
Manchester City continue their defence of the Champions League title with an away match against RB Leipzig.
City start the group stage with a 3-1 win over Red Star, while RB Leipzig beat Young Boys away in the first leg with the same score.
City approach this away trip on the back of two consecutive defeats. Josep Guardiola’s side lost to Newcastle (1-0), crashing out of the League Cup, and Wolverhampton in the Premier League (2-1).
“It’s never a good day when we don’t win. That’s our standards at this club. We have a lot of winners and we know how to be in this situation.
It’s always a tense moment when something like that happens. It’s the way it should be. We haven’t lost our sense of happiness or enthusiasm. It’s good that we feel it that way and hate it that way. It spurs us on to win,” Guardiola tells a press conference.
- This is the third consecutive Champions League draw in which RB Leipzig and City have clashed.
- In the last four matches between RB Leipzig and City, 21 goals have been scored.
- RB Leipzig have won five and drawn once in their last six matches in all competitions.
- RB Leipzig have not lost either of their last two home meetings with City.
- “City have lost only one of their last 21 matches against German teams in the Champions League.
Defender Jones Stones and midfielder Bernardo Silva return from the City infirmary. Kevin De Bruyne is the lone absentee.
Champions League. Group G. 2nd round
RB Leipzig (Germany) — Manchester City (England).
Leipzig. Red Bull Arena. 8:00PM
