Manchester City vs RB Leipzig - LIVE!
Three months on from their Champions League final heartbreak Man City start their new group stage campaign by welcoming RB Leipzig to the Etihad this evening.
City went into last season’s final in Porto - the first in the club’s history - as favourites to finally lift European club football’s biggest prize but instead were upset by Premier League rivals Chelsea as Kai Havertz’s goal earned a 1-0 win for Thomas Tuchel’s men.
Pep Guardiola said this week that City can use the pain of that defeat to spur them on to go one better this year and the long road to next year’s final in St. Petersburg starts against the German side tonight.
Leipzig have recent pedigree in the competition themselves, having reached the semi-finals two years ago and emerged from a tough group at Manchester United’s expense last season.
However, after losing star men Dayot Upamecano and Marcel Sabitzer to Bayern Munich this summer, they have endured a difficult start to the Bundesliga season and with PSG lying in wait in the group, City know the importance of getting off to a winning start.
