It is all to play for in the second leg after Man City's 1-1 draw at Leipzig.
Josko Gvardiol’s second-half header cancelled out Riyad Mahrez’s opener as Manchester City drew their Champions League last-16 first leg 1-1 at RB Leipzig.
Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish and Ilkay Gundogan all had openings to punish hosts who were there for the taking in an embarrassingly one-sided first half. Mahrez, Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake were promoted as Leipzig named Chelsea-bound Christopher Nkunku on the bench after a recent ankle injury. Former Chelsea forward Timo Werner led the Leipzig line.
Leipzig must have felt dizzy as Ruben Dias met a Mahrez corner to head straight at goalkeeper Janis Blaswich and Rodri rifled over from 20 yards.Xaver Schlager played a careless pass and Grealish, who had previously come off the left flank to good effect on a couple of occasions, was infield and on the loose ball in a flash.
City goalkeeper Ederson finally saw action in first-half added time to make a routine stop from Werner, but the attempt would not have counted anyway as the assistant’s flag was raised. Ederson was also quick off his line to deny Andre Silva as Leipzig sensed there might be a route back into the contest.
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