RB Leipzig vs Man City LIVE Champions League result, final score and reaction tonight
Manchester City lost to RB Leipzig in the final Champions League Group A fixture on Wednesday night
RB Leipzig struck in each half to beat already-qualified Manchester City 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, booking a spot in the Europa League and snapping the English club’s 14-game unbeaten run against German teams in the competition.
With interim coach Achim Beierlorzer on the bench after the sacking of Jesse Marsch on Sunday, Leipzig secured third spot in Group A on the final matchday ahead of Club Brugge, who lost 4-1 at second-placed Paris St Germain.
City, with seven changes to the team that beat Watford in the Premier League at the weekend, defended high but Dominik Szoboszlai managed to break clear and latch onto a Konrad Laimer ball to round goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 24th minute.
The hosts came close to a second but first Emil Forsberg’s shot was blocked by Steffen and a little later the City keeper made a reflex save to deny Andre Silva from point blank range.
His Leipzig counterpart Peter Gulacsi responded with a superb save of his own in the 40th, getting his fingers to a Phil Foden shot to direct it onto the post.
City looked livelier after the break but Leipzig scored against the run of play with Silva’s well-placed shot in the 71st after City clumsily lost possession in their own half.
The visitors did respond six minutes later with Riyad Mahrez’s diving header for his fifth goal in six Champions League games but their comeback was short-lived with Kyle Walker being shown a red card for kicking Silva from behind.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
81 mins: Divock Origi is taken off by Jurgen Klopp and replaced with Fabinho. Morton threads a pass into the centre of the box but Minamino can’t quite reach it before the ball gets scooped up by Maignan.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
78 mins: I wonder if Milan are preserving energy for a final 10 minute flourish or am I being too optimistic. Tsimikas wins a free kick on the left wing and Keita switches the play out to Gomez. The visitors work it back out to the left-back and Tsimikas flicks a cross straight out of play.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
75 mins: Oxlade-Chamberlain is back on the pitch after his chat with the medics. Minamino slots a pass out to Williams on the right side and he drives towards the box. Gomez comes forward and provides an overlapping option but Williams goes it alone and has a cross blocked just inside the area.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
72 mins: Morton gets fouled by Kessie deep in Liverpool’s half and Oxlade-Chamberlain is down as well with what seems to be a proper problem. Morton is quickly back onto his feet but Oxlade-Chamberlain is being treated by the Liverpool medical staff off to the side of the pitch.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
69 mins: Ibrahimovic is the target from a Milan corner but the cross is too high even for him. As a team that needs to win this game to stay in the Champions League, Milan have been very lacklustre.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
66 mins: Alessandro Florenzi has replaced Pierre Kalulu for AC Milan. He’ll provide a more attacking option for the home team.
Origi receives the ball just outside the front edge of the box. He takes a left-footed snapshot and pulls it wide of the back post. Origi’s in good form and certainly not afraid to shoot.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
63 mins: Jurgen Klopp makes a couple of changes for Liverpool. Mo Salah and Sadio Mane are both taken off and replaced with Joe Gomez and Naby Keita.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
60 mins: Close! Messias Jr brings the ball down the right wing then darts inside. He lays the ball off to Krunic who fires a first time shot at goal but the ball continues to rise and just flies over the crossbar. Alisson didn’t look too worried about it though.
AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool
57 mins: Big news from the other Group B game as Antoinee Griezmann has given Atletico Madrid the lead over Porto. That means, as it stands, Atletico will join Liverpool in the next round and AC Milan would finish bottom of the group.
GOAL! AC Milan 1 - 2 Liverpool (Origi, 55’)⚽️
55 mins: A mistake from Milan, punished by Origi! Milan try to work the ball out from the back and Tomori fails to bring a pass properly under control. He’s caught on the ball by Sadio Mane who nudges it into the box and blasts one at goal. Maignan keeps it out with a strong right-hand but he palms the ball over to Origi who calmly heads it into the open goal!
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