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RB Leipzig manager Marco Rose's on-air expletive prompted an awkward laugh from presenter Gabby Logan. Rose spoke to Logan, who was on presenting duties for Amazon Prime, ahead of the German side's Champions League fixture against Aston Villa on Tuesday. The Leipzig boss was asked about the team's recent uptick in form as they entered Tuesday's fixture on the back of two victories. Prior to those wins, Leipzig were winless in their last six and had lost all five of their Champions League games. "Like always, if you win everything is fine but if you lose it's s***, " Rose said. "The mood is much better than the games before but we have to use it today. " Logan could only respond with an awkward laugh to Rose's quip. Unfortunately for Rose, he was unable to lead Leipzig to a third win on the bounce as Villa won 3-2. Villa skipper John Mc Ginn struck inside the first three minutes to give Unai Emery's side a dream start in Leipzig as he smashed home Ollie Watkins' intelligent header. Leipzig hit back in the 27th minute when Emiliano Martinez completely misjudged a long ball and allowed Luis Openda to nip in and score into an empty net. Watkins thought he'd put Villa ahead just before half-time, but he was flagged for offside and the VAR call confirmed it. The England international was taken off at the break and replaced by Jhon Duran, who scored in Villa's 1-0 win over Southampton last Saturday. It wasn't long before Duran made his mark. A neat passing move involving Duran, Morgan Rogers and Youri Tielemans opened up space for the Colombian to drive forward before unleashing a vicious curling effort from 25 yards that dipped over Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. Duran had the ball in the back of the net again just six minutes later after Matty Cash squared the ball from the right, but the latter was offside in the build-up. Leipzig equalised for the second time thanks to Christoph Baumgartner, as his cushioned volley capped off a rapid counter-attack. But there would be one final sucker punch for the hosts. Ross Barkley, who was brought on in the 83rd minute, shot from the edge of the box but it took a wicked deflection off of Lukas Klostermann and past a despairing Gulacsi. A third equaliser of the evening for Leipzig was not forthcoming, as Villa held firm for their fourth Champions League win from six games. Unfortunately for Leipzig, they are now out of contention for the play-off spots as Paris Saint-Germain, who occupy the last play-off spot in 24th, have seven points with two games remaining. Rose's side will look to finish their Champions League campaign on a high with fixtures against Sporting and Sturm Graz. Leipzig now shift attention to a Bundesliga clash against second-placed Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday. Atletico Madrid 2-1 Leipzig Leipzig 2-3 Juventus Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool Celtic 3-1 Leipzig Inter 1-0 Leipzig Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa Leipzig v Sporting - January 22 SK Sturm Graz v Leipzig - January 29 © 2024 talk SPORT Limited
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