Manchester City kicked off their Champions League

knockout rounds with a trip to Germany, where they meet

RB Leipzig in the first leg of the round of 16 on Wednesday

night. The Citizens will be looking for revenge  after losing

2-1 in the group stage of last year's competition at the Red 

Bull Arena. Qualifying for the group stage of the Champions

League  earlier this season looked like a big challenge for

Leipzig after losing their first two games against Shakhtar

Donetsk and Real Madrid, but the German team bounced

back and won their remaining four games, including an

impressive 3-2 home win for Blancos and qualifying for

second place in Group F. Those four victories came during

an impressive 18-game unbeaten run in all competitions

between 1 October  and 11 February, culminating in a 2-1

draw in games. Home win against Union Berlin in the

Bundesliga. But last weekend Marco Rose's team got back