{"id":295335,"date":"2023-11-27T23:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T23:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295335"},"modified":"2023-11-27T23:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T23:24:19","slug":"rb-leipzig-hoping-to-restore-some-pride-at-man-city-after-7-0-loss-marco-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/rb-leipzig-hoping-to-restore-some-pride-at-man-city-after-7-0-loss-marco-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"RB Leipzig hoping to restore some pride at Man City after 7-0 loss \u2013 Marco Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RB Leipzig are hoping to restore some pride as they return to the scene of last season\u2019s thrashing by Manchester City, coach Marco Rose has said.<\/p>\n
The German side were crushed 7-0 by the eventual Champions League winners when they visited the Etihad Stadium in the last-16 stage of the competition in March.<\/p>\n
The two sides meet again at the same venue for a group match on Tuesday, with both having already secured their places in the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
Rose said at a press conference: \u201cLast year with the 7-0 thrashing, it put us down, it knocked us down. We haven\u2019t spoken about it but it was not a good feeling after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we became cup champions in Germany after the game and we qualified for the Champions League, so it didn\u2019t destroy us as a team.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow we want to do better for sure. We want to compete with one of the best teams in the world. We want to show that we can make it better, that we are better.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s difficult. We will have to suffer tomorrow. I didn\u2019t see a team here that had much possession. Even Liverpool I think had just 40 per cent ball possession.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we know what we\u2019ll get but we are here to try again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erling Haaland scored five goals for City in that last meeting and Rose knows all about the threat the Norwegian poses having managed him at his former club Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI hope the relationship is as good as it always was but obviously he has to do his job tomorrow. We have to try and suppress him if we can.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll enjoy watching him play but hopefully we\u2019ll be able to stifle him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leipzig go into what is their penultimate game in Group G trailing City by three points. Top spot is still to be finalised but the Germans need to win to have any hope of overhauling the English outfit.<\/p>\n