Manchester City 6-3 RB Leipzig: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 15 September 2021
Result
Manchester City 6-3 RB Leipzig
Champions League · Wednesday 15 September 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Manchester City 6-3 RB Leipzig: match report
Manchester City won against RB Leipzig 6-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 15 September 2021. The half-time score was 3-1.
Nathan Aké opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Nathan Aké (16'), an own goal by Nordi Mukiele (28'), Riyad Mahrez (45+2', penalty), Jack Grealish (56'), João Cancelo (75') and Gabriel Jesus (85'). RB Leipzig scored through Christopher Nkunku (42'), Christopher Nkunku (51') and Christopher Nkunku (73').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig (9.0), ahead of Jack Grealish (8.6).
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Oleksandr Zinchenko
- 16'Goal · Nathan Aké
- 28'Own goal · Nordi Mukiele
- 42'Goal · Christopher Nkunku
- 45+1'Yellow card · Lukas Klostermann
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 49'Yellow card · Tyler Adams
- 51'Goal · Christopher Nkunku
- 56'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 58'Yellow card · Angeliño
- 73'Goal · Christopher Nkunku
- 75'Goal · João Cancelo
- 79'Second yellow · Angeliño
- 85'Goal · Gabriel Jesus
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Ferran Torres, Jack Grealish
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)
Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Lukas Klostermann, Willi Orbán, Angeliño, Tyler Adams, Konrad Laimer, Christopher Nkunku, Dani Olmo, Emil Forsberg, André Silva