RB Leipzig are hoping to revive some delight as they return to the scene of final season’s thrashing by Manchester Metropolis, coach Marco Rose has stated.
The German aspect had been crushed 7-0 by the eventual Champions League winners once they visited the Etihad Stadium within the last-16 stage of the competitors in March.
The 2 sides meet once more on the identical venue for a gaggle match on Tuesday, with each having already secured their locations within the knockout phases.
Rose stated at a press convention: “Final yr with the 7-0 thrashing, it put us down, it knocked us down. We haven’t spoken about it nevertheless it was not a great feeling after the sport.
“However we grew to become cup champions in Germany after the sport and we certified for the Champions League, so it didn’t destroy us as a workforce.
“Tomorrow we wish to do higher for positive. We wish to compete with the most effective groups on this planet. We wish to present that we will make it higher, that we’re higher.
“It’s tough. We should endure tomorrow. I didn’t see a workforce right here that had a lot possession. Even Liverpool I believe had simply 40 per cent ball possession.
“So we all know what we’ll get however we’re right here to attempt once more.”
Erling Haaland scored 5 targets for Metropolis in that final assembly and Rose is aware of all concerning the menace the Norwegian poses having managed him at his former membership Borussia Dortmund.
He stated: “I hope the connection is pretty much as good because it all the time was however clearly he has to do his job tomorrow. We’ve got to try to suppress him if we will.
“We’ll take pleasure in watching him play however hopefully we’ll have the ability to stifle him.”
Leipzig go into what’s their penultimate sport in Group G trailing Metropolis by three factors. Prime spot remains to be to be finalised however the Germans must win to have any hope of overhauling the English outfit.
