{"id":1190665,"date":"2021-02-15T09:06:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T09:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1190665"},"modified":"2021-02-15T01:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T01:02:54","slug":"rb-leipzig-best-players-style-of-play-stats-tactics-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/rb-leipzig-best-players-style-of-play-stats-tactics-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"RB Leipzig\u2019s tactical flexibility & methodical pressing make them a unique threat to Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

RB Leipzig and Liverpool converge on the Puskas Arena in Budapest for a tantalising last-16 clash in the Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leipzig reached the semi-finals in the reformatted Lisbon tournament last season but just slipped up at the penultimate hurdle, crashing out 3-0 to eventual runners-up PSG.<\/p>\n

For the second season running, Julian Nagelsmann has guided his side to the knockout rounds, but despite their recent regularity in these latter stages, coupled with their semi-final finish last term, Leipzig remain unlikely to go all the way in the eyes of bookmakers.<\/p>\n

Nagelsmann\u2019s men are priced at 40\/1<\/a> by Sky Bet<\/a> to win the tournament outright, while their opponents, Liverpool (13\/2<\/a>), are third-favourites to seal European glory. Only Man City (3\/1<\/a>) and reigning champions Bayern Munich (11\/4<\/a>) are at lower odds.<\/p>\n

But, whichever way you look at it, this matchup has all the ingredients of a mouth-watering contest as it pits two minds deeply entrenched in the German school of pressing together: Jurgen Klopp\u2019s pragmatic \u2018gegenpressing\u2019 versus Nagelsmann\u2019s methodical high-press. But, what can Liverpool expect of Leipzig?<\/p>\n

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