Gala performance by RB Leipzig as a guest in Bruges: The Saxons dominated the entire season and achieved a well-deserved victory. In doing so, they also preserve the chance of wintering in the European Cup.
With the last contest, the corona chaos plagued RB Leipzig the Club Bruges dismantled and preserved the chance of European wintering. The one from assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer Supervised German runners-up prevailed against the completely overwhelmed Belgian champions 5-0 (4-0) on Wednesday evening and thus decided the direct duel for third place in Group A for themselves. If Leipzig and Bruges are tied with four points after the last game day in two weeks, RB may in the Europe League keep playing.
Christopher Nkunku (12th minute) provided the early and well-deserved lead with his sixth premier class goal of the season. Emil Forsberg (17.) increased with a foul penalty, the header from André Silva (26.) was in principle the preliminary decision.
Forsberg and Nkunku both put together a double pack
It was Forsberg (45th + 1) who set the next highlight shortly before the break. The final point was again Nkunku in stoppage time and made RB’s highest win in the Champions League Perfect. Leipzig will play against on December 7th Manchester city about wintering in the European Cup, Bruges Paris Saint-Germain.
Without your trainer, who tested positive for Corona Jesse March the people of Leipzig traveled to Belgium. Ten players were missing. Finally, the defense chief also had Willi Orban signed off and traveled back to Germany by car a few hours before kick-off with symptoms of colds. According to the Bundesliga club, a corona test at Orban was negative.
Corona, injury misery, a disappointing Champions League season – none of this seemed to impress the Leipzig embarrassment team. The guests controlled the game from the start. The Bruges, who would have had the chance to get into the knockout round of the Champions League if they had won, could not cope with the early pressing of the Saxons. The Belgians did not have a clear scoring chance in the first half.
RB newcomer Brobbey with a strong starting XI debut
Different from RB: Nordi Mukiele (6th) checked Bruges keeper Simon Mignolet. Six minutes later, Mignolet had no chance of preventing Nkunku’s goal. Shortly afterwards, the strong starting line-up debutant Brian Brobbey took out a penalty. This time Forsberg was allowed to compete after giving a penalty two weeks ago in the 2-2 draw against Paris Saint-Germain Silva. Forsberg sure transformed.
Silva and again Forsberg ensured unexpectedly clear conditions before the break and silenced the Bruges fans in the Jan Breydel Stadium. Temporary head coach Beierlorzer applauded each of his players as they walked into the dressing room.
After the change, RB Leipzig switched to administrative mode a little without being in serious danger. The hosts got into promising situations a few times, but gambled them miserably. The Leipzig team remained the more dangerous team. Silva had two opportunities in the 73rd and 74th to increase to 5-0, but failed best Belgian Mignolet.
On the other side, Josep Martinez was also able to distinguish himself. The representative of Corona infected Peter Gulasci showed his skills against Noa Lang (75th). Nkunku then crowned his performance with his second goal in the game and seventh in the Champions League.