He Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City visited Germany’s RB Leipzig in Wednesday’s game first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, and finally achieved a good result for the second leg in England. The result: 1 on 1 in the duel that took place in the Red Bull Arena.
The ‘citizens’ arrived at the game as classified second of the Premier League, behind the Arsenal by Michael Arteta. Last weekend they also missed a great opportunity to climb to the lead of the table, because they tied at one goal against Nottingham Forest.
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- The two previous meetings between RB Leipzig and Manchester City were in the UEFA Champions League last season, resulting in a total of 12 goals scored between the two games (Man City 6-3 RB Leipzig and RB Leipzig 2-1 Man City).
- This is RB Leipzig’s third time to face English opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. After winning both games against Spurs in 2019-20, the German team was beaten by Liverpool in both games in the 2020-2021 season .
- Manchester City lost just one of their 18 matches against German teams in the UEFA Champions League (W14 D3). Their only defeat was against RB Leipzig in last season’s group stage (1-2), with Pep Guardiola’s team already qualifying for the round of 16 in that game.
- Of those managers who have managed more than 50 games in the UEFA Champions League, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has the highest winning percentage in the competition’s history (97 wins in 155 games).
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Source: Goal