In a Group G also featuring Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys this trip to RB Leipzig appeared Manchester City’s toughest away fixture so to depart the home of Germany’s fifth-place side with a victory is a fillip for Pep Guardiola’s men.
Beat Young Boys on Matchday 3, at the Wankdorf Stadium, and the defending champions will be all but qualified and Guardiola can start to plot how to rest players as the season enters its attritional, defining winter phase.
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