RB Leipzig came alive in the second half.
If Gvardiol headed the 1-1 tie with power. PDO
– If you lose balls in certain areas and let them go, and you’re not really well prepared for changes of direction, there’s nothing to stop them.
That’s what the City manager warned Pep Guardiola to BT Sport ahead of Wednesday’s Leipzig match.
In the opening half, Leipzig had a perfect grip on City, whose ball control was 80 percent. There was no information about Leipzig’s feared counterattacks.
The crowning moment of the home crowd’s nightmare half was by Xaver Schlager lousy pass in a no-pressure situation.
The City players attacked the loose piece mercilessly. Jack Grealish and Ilkay Gundogan they cheated. Riyad Mahrez finished.
by Janis Blaswich the prevention attempt was not too flashy.
A solution at Etihad
In the second half Timo Werner and got off at the break Benjamin Henrichs breathed life into Leipzig’s attacking game.
Ederson stopped yet Andre Silva of the chip company, but not anymore If Guardioli butt. Gvardiol rose really high, partly of course using the City defender’s shoulders.
Both seemed satisfied with the 1-1 result.
– I am satisfied with the whole match, not only with the first half, Guardiola summed up on City’s Twitter account.
– We had good chances in both periods.
The match pair will be packaged at the Etihad on March 14.
Romelu Lukaku (right) was the only scorer in the Inter–Porto match. PDO
Quarterfinals
RB Leipzig–Manchester City 1–1
Club Brugge–Benfica 0–2
Liverpool–Real Madrid 2–5
Milan–Tottenham 1–0
Frankfurt–Naples 0–2
Dortmund–Chelsea 1–0
Inter–Porto 1–0
PSG–Bayern Munich 0–1
The second legs will be played on the 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th of March.