Maresca names 23-man City squad for Leipzig trip
Enzo Maresca has named a 23-man City squad for Wednesday’s Leipzig clash, after the team trained at the CFA and flew to Germany on the eve of the match.
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Manchester City have named a 23-man squad for Wednesday’s Champions League away match at RB Leipzig, with a 20:00 UK kick-off at the Red Bull Arena. The squad completed its final training session at the CFA before flying to Germany on the eve of the match.
Enzo Maresca’s side go into the game 10th in the League Phase after three matches. They beat FC Porto 2-0 away and AEK Athens 5-1 at home, but lost 4-2 at home to defending champions PSG.
Leipzig are 29th in the table with one win, a 1-0 home victory over PSV Eindhoven. They have lost both away games, 4-1 at Como and 4-1 at Real Madrid. At home, however, Leipzig have a perfect record this season across all competitions, with five wins, 19 goals scored and none conceded.
The travelling party, in squad number order, is Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rúben Dias, Elliot Anderson, Marc Guéhi, Iliman Ndiaye, Mateo Kovačić, Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Marcus Bettinelli, Enzo Fernández, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Vitor Reis, Joško Gvardiol, Matheus Nunes, Gerónimo Rulli, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Nico O’Reilly, Allan Elias, Abdukodir Khusanov, Phil Foden, Floyd Samba and Rico Lewis.
Haaland, who has scored 9 goals this season, is among the forwards included for the trip.
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