RasenBallsport (RB) Leipzig forward Yussef Poulsen sounded confident of his team’s prospects of defeating Manchester City FC in their UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 return leg next week after an encouraging 1-1 draw against Pep Guardiola’s men at home on Wednesday. Riyad Mahrez’s 27th minute opener was cancelled out by Leipzig’s Croatian defender Josko Gvardiol in the 70th minute. Poulsen came on as a substitute after Gvardiol’s strike as Leipzig looked to secure the draw heading into the all-important second leg at the Etihad Stadium next week.

Game of two halves

“Yesterday’s game was of two different halves—one half for [Manchester] City and the other half was for us. We played a very good second half and should now be confident going into the [return leg] game,” Poulsen said during a virtual media interaction organised by the Sony Sports Network.