Walker became brushed off seven minutes from time for kicking Leipzig striker Andre Silva, who had in advance doubled the hosts' tally after Dominik Szoboszlai gave Leipzig a primary-1/2 lead. Before Walker's dismissal, City had pulled a goal again whilst Riyad Mahrez in the end headed past Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi, who had previously pulled off a string of saves.
Walker will now be banned for the first leg fit within the final sixteen tie. Despite PSG's four-1 win against Club Brugge, City will go into the final sixteen draw on Monday as Group A winners even as 1/3-located Leipzig head into the knock-out degrees of the Europa League.
Leipzig rallied in their first sport for the reason that American instruct Jesse Marsch become sacked after inconsistent effects. His assistant Achim Beierlorzer changed into on the house bench. After the final whistle, City train Guardiola turned into left fuming at the sidelines at the near-deserted Red Bull Arena as the sport was performed in the back of closed doorways because of excessive numbers of Covid-19 instances in Saxony.
In the build-up, Guardiola warned Kevin De Bruyne that he faces a combat to win returned a normal region inside the City side after a marketing campaign marred by way of injuries and a coronavirus infection. The Belgium midfielder fired extensive after 17 mins with the goal at his mercy, then had a thumping unfastened-kick saved via Gulacsi in his high-quality probabilities of the sport.
Leipzig took the lead against the run of play while Konrad Laimer unleashed a incredible skip which beat 3 defenders and positioned Szoboszlai in at the back of the City defence. The attacking midfielder kept his nerve, rounded City goalkeeper Zach Steffen and fired into the empty net with 24 mins performed.
Leipzig nearly made it 2-0 with half-time drawing near when Szoboszlai squared to Silva, however the Portugal striker headed instantly at Steffen. Guardiola replied at half of-time with the aid of swapping England midfielder Phil Foden for Raheem Sterling, but Leipzig held corporation.
A huge roar from the home bench echoed across the stadium while Silva thumped domestic Emil Forsberg's very last pass to make it 2-0 on seventy one minutes. Leaking a 2d purpose precipitated City to rally and they pulled one back when Oleksandr Zinchenko floated in a pass to the returned put up which Mahrez buried.
Walker's dismissal best served to reduce City's numbers for the final seven mins as Leipzig held on.
