Manchester City loses on their visit to Leipzig, at the close of the Champions League group stage

Manchester City finished the group stage at half gas, in an empty stadium and with a loss to RB Leipzig that does not cloud his pass to the round of 16 as group winners (2-1).

Pep Guardiola’s men leave Germany with the second defeat of the first phase and with the loss of Kyle Walker, sent off for a direct red in the last minutes, for the next round.

With nothing at stake, Guardiola still got an eleven of many carats. Players like Foden, Grealish, Mahrez, Gündogan and De Bruyne did not indicate that the English were going to the Red Bull Arena, which had its stands empty due to the increase in cases in Germany.

The English had several chances to score in the first half, especially with a volley from De Bruyne, which went high, and a shot from Grealish, also into the clouds.

But no matter how much ball they had, a counterattack was enough for Leipzig to do damage. He started from far away, after a filtered pass, Szoboszlai to dress in front, ditch Ederson with a clipping and push the ball with your left foot.

The Germans had more chances to score, but Ederson responded well to shots from the Leipzig strikers.

Leipzig had not sentenced and that left a City alive, who lived oblivious to the rival’s blasts. Away from a result that was more anecdote than anything else, the Sky Blue They continued to create football regularly and Gulacsi had to brush off a shot from Foden that passed close to the post.

But in the second half they lowered the intensity and Leipzgi took advantage. André Silva fired a low shot from inside the area, making it 2-0 in the 71st minute.

Five minutes later City reacted and Mahrez closed the gap on the scoreboard, which excited the team with the tie. Hopes that lasted a few minutes when he was left with ten players, after Kyle Walker kicked Silva from behind.

Despite the defeat, City went first in the group to the last 16, while RB Leipzig sealed their pass to the Europa League. (D)