Leipzig's "loss of substance" and further injury worries

Zero points in the Champions League and the problems in the Bundesliga are no less after the defeat in Dortmund: The 3-1 defeat at Celtic Glasgow revealed a sudden systemic collapse at RB Leipzig despite taking the lead. "A certain loss of substance, then having to play outnumbered. At the moment, we're simply not managing to reach the level we need as a team, even in Dortmund," said head coach Marco Rose, who had to finish the game outnumbered.

Lutsharel Geertruida was forced off in the 85th minute and Leipzig were no longer allowed to make a substitution. "Lutsha is out with a muscle injury. It's now a limit overall," said Rose about the bad luck with injuries. He missed "one or two players", said Rose. Castello Lukeba was missing due to a muscle injury and Lukas Klostermann was on the bench with a knee injury, according to Rose.

"We were able to compensate well at the beginning, but now the games are getting more difficult," said the coach, who currently also has to replace Xavi Simons, Xaver Schlager and David Raum. But he wants to attack again in this Saturday's home game (18:30/Sky) against his former club Borussia Mönchengladbach: "There's no other way at the moment, in the situation we're in."

Celtic always had an answer

So his team were overrun by the Scots, as they had been in Dortmund, when they lost 2-1 after 19 Bundesliga games without defeat. "We actually had everything under control. We still had one or two chances to increase our lead," said Kevin Kampl in view of Christoph Baumgartner's goal (23'). But the brace from former Leipzig youngster Nicolas Kühn (35./45.+1) turned the game around before Reo Hatate (72.) made it 3:1. "If you make it 2-0 in the first half, you can get the stadium even quieter," said Kampl and was impressed by Celtic in the end: "They always had an answer, they didn't let themselves get rattled. We were always one step too late, there was nothing more to it in the second half."