RB Leipzig: 7-0 Defeat To Man City Leads To Fundamental Questions
RB Leipzig has crashed out of the Champions League spectacularly. On Tuesday, the Red Bulls lost 7-0 to Manchester City. The Premier League champions demolished Leipzig thanks to five goals by Erling Haaland (22’ penalty, 24, 45’, 53’, and 57’) and goals by Ilkay Gündogan (49’) and Kevin de Bruyne (90’). RB Leipzig: 7-0 Defeat To Man City Leads To Fundamental Questions
RELATED: Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Clippers.
Table of Contents
Much will be made of the penalty decision that led to the first goal. Slavko Vincic pointed to the spot after he was called over to the monitor by his VAR team. In the video area, Vincic decided that defender Benjamin Henrichs had handled the ball. The contact was minimal, and the decision to award a penalty will further the debate on how VAR should be used. RB Leipzig: 7-0 Defeat To Man City Leads To Fundamental Questions
The referee was again in the focus shortly after Man City’s second goal. Man City goalkeeper Ederson had rushed out to recover a loose ball and then cluttered into Konrad Laimer without making contact. Vincic decided to play on and then handed a yellow card to the protesting Timo Werner. RB Leipzig: 7-0 Defeat To Man City Leads To Fundamental Questions
Ederson should have certainly seen a yellow card, and Leipzig awarded a free kick. Whether those decisions going Leipzig’s way would have made a difference is, at best questionable. Man City, when in form, might be one of the two or three best club teams in the world. But you could tell that Leipzig had lost their collective heads after the two referee decisions and then when were quickly overwhelmed by City.
Not surprisingly, Leipzig’s players were unhappy with the refereeing decisions after the game. “I spoke to the referee again, and he told me that he didn’t see a handball but that the VAR had alerted him, so he went and checked the replay and awarded the penalty,” Henrichs said after the game. “For me, it wasn’t a penalty, but when you lose 7-0, it doesn’t need to be spoken about too much.”
