Uefa Champions League: Leipzig Wins 2-1 Over Manchester City

UEFA Champions League: Leipzig wins 2-1 over Manchester City

Berlin, Dec 8, : .Leipzig secured third place in Group B and booked its spot in the Europa League.

 Uefa Champions League: Leipzig Wins 2-1 Over Manchester City-TeluguStop.com

Dominik Szoboszlai’s goals and Andre Silva’s goals helped the Red Bulls beat Manchester City 2-1 in round three of the Champions League’s group stage.
Both sides had well-positioned defences, so there were plenty of chances to score in the first period.

Konrad Laimer from Leipzig and Kevin De Bruyne from City produced the first half-chances.Jack Grealish, however, pulled wide from a promising position in the 22nd minute to waste a great chance for the visitors.

The hosts made a brilliant chance conversion at the other side of the green when Laimer’s perfectly-timed through pass was sent to Szoboszlai.He rounded goalkeeper ZackarySteffen before closing the job into an empty goal with 24 minutes left, Xinhua reports.

Leipzig nearly doubled its advantage just two minutes later, but Steffen was on alert and stopped Emil Forsberg from dangerously trying from 12 meters.

The hosts maintained their lead and should have extended it, but Steffen equalled Silva’s header in 39 minutes.

Manchester City was alive before half-time, when Peter Gulacsi had tipped Phil Foden’s hammer to post before the Leipzig goalkeeper neutralised De Bruyne’s free kick in closing stages.

City took control of the restart and dominated possession, but the visitors couldn’t do any damage to Leipzig’s bulwark.

The visitors were made worse by Leipzig’s double advantage against the flow of play.Silva benefited from a counterattack via Forsberg and beat Steffen with a well placed low shot in the 71stminute.

The hosts were not able to enjoy the moment as the ‘Sky Blues halved their deficit following Oleksandr Zinchenko’s cross-feed Riyad Mahrez’s goal.Gulacsi was caught off guard by his diving header in the 77th minute.

City’s hopes of a comeback were crushed in the 83rd minute, when Kyle Walker was sent off for a foul play on Silva.

Despite their numerical disadvantage, the visitors moved forward, but Leipzig’s defense held firm and secured all three points at home.

The result is that Manchester City has won Group A with 12 points, while Leipzig has been placed third to continue in Europa League.

Dortmund defeats Besiktas by 5-0

Marco Reus and Erling Haland each scored a brace to ensure Borussia Dortmund’s 5-0 win over Besiktas in the Champions League’s group stage final on Tuesday.

From the start whistle, the “BVB” took control and put Besiktas on their back foot.

Dortmund needed more time to score goals, so Jude Bellingham had to wait until the 17th to get the goal.

Besiktas was not a threat and failed to join its forces through Dortmund’s well-positioned defense.

Bellingham was able to create space after a counterattack, and Bellingham eventually broke the deadlock at half-time.

Bellingham teed up Donyell Malen who smashed the ball past Ersin Destanoglu, Besiktas goalie.

The Turkish visitors had to endure two more setbacks prior to the break when Welinton flogged Mahmoud Dhoud in the box.The defender was given his marching orders and was penalized.

Reus was the first to act and doubled the advantage.

Dortmund won the one-sided affair.Eight minutes into the second period, Dortmund made it three.Reus danced through Besiktas’ box before finishing in the bottom left corner.

Haaland replaced Reus at the hour mark, but he didn’t take long to make his mark on the scoreboards.

The Norway international made it 4-1 after nodding in Nico Schulz’s pinpoint cross into the box in 68 minutes.

Haaland gained momentum, and was not done scoring.He wrapped up his brace in the 81st minutes after he headed home Dahoud’s corner kick.

Dortmund’s prolific striker had the chance to score a hat trick, but Haaland couldn’t convert his two chances into tangible rewards in the final stages.

The result means that third-placed Borussia Dortmund will play in the Europa League, while Besiktas finishes its Champions League season in fourth place in Group B.

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