If that's the case then I think Arteta is thinking of maybe change in formation in next season. We already have Odegaard perfect in central attacking midfielder position. Maybe he is thinking of deploying another central attacking midfielder in that case? If that's true then we will have one central defensive midfielder which will be either Xhaka or Partey filling in the role. Honestly seems unnecessary move. Coutinho is great but last thing we want is to add another addition to the bench. Also Coutinho is playing his role perfectly at Villa and Gerrard has heaped praises on couple of occassions so I think it is very likely that Villa might swoop him in triggering the buy option.

Obviously Leipzig will want to try to do as best as they could. For a team that was that great last year, they will want to get to at least third place of course. Obviously there is a good chance that they could end up losing some points in the coming weeks but they will want to do their best to win this one for sure.

Doesn't mean that they will, but they will have a bit of a hard time in the future so whatever easier game they face, they need to get that three points to be at the top. Becoming third would mean both a lot of money (not that they need it with red bull money) but at the same time would mean getting better players for them as well.

For me, the top favorite to win the Champions League is Manchester City.
It’s true that the last few years Manchester City have failed to win the Champions League but they have been close every time and I think this could be their year.
Guardiola is certainly very motivated to prove that he can win the Champions League without Messi and Barcelona and his team has probably learned a lot from previous failures and I think they are finally ready for the title.
As for the aging main players Real, Modric and Kroos, they certainly prove that age is not important but the quality of their games and performance on the field.

It seems to me that Xavi has brought stability to the club. There is no more talk about the finances of the club, the departure of Messi, or the coach.
The players are completely focused on the game and the team and that can be seen in the results.
Unfortunately, it is too late for Barcelona to get involved in the fight for the Spanish title this season, they also dropped out of the Champions League and I think Xavi will try to win this competition, the only competition where there is still a chance for this season's trophy for Barcelona.
I think Barcelona's chances of winning this competition are very good and their main competitors are West Ham, Leipzig and Rangers.

Galatasaray is not a weak club, even they in Leg 1 have shown that Galatasaray players deserve to be a threat to Barcelona's backline. In my opinion, the problem here is not with bad players, but because Barcelona performance is back on track. Just look along the way they just made a comeback. So it will be very difficult to stem the mentality of Barcelona players at this time. In addition, Xavi completely overhauled the formation, and the new style of El Clasico now has a greater potential to pose a threat to Real Madrid later in La Liga.

The partnership between Van der Dussen and David Miller was much needed. They were playing very well. But Dussen returned to the dressing room after collecting 86 runs. David Miller is still unbeaten on 45 off 32 balls. If these two players could have stayed at the crease for at least 45 overs, they might have been able to collect more than 300. Because both are very aggressive batsmen.
South Africa now needs 123 runs in 12.2 overs to win. It is not possible for them to win this match without a miracle.

@LUCKMCFLY currently Fulham is on the top, and in my personal opinion they’ll end the season occupying the top spot. Lastly Bournemouth can continue to occupy the second spot provided they win their remaining games in hand, and post that continue winning their remaining fixtures till the end of the season.

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Actually JSRAW explained why he was picked and that is mainly due to his performance in the domestic level and not because of any secret deal that is going on as expected. I checked out his domestic average which is well above 55 and played over 100 first class matches and has the reputation of scoring big hundreds as per his profile when i checked.

I agree and I was about to say the same. Liverpool will soon move up to 1st place in the table and have a chance to win the tournament. Yes Man City is the best team but yes Liverpool's constant performance is indicating they will raise the cup. Liverpool hardly needs a point and a win to move up whereas this was not the case two weeks ago. Man City has to play well and win Southampton on 20th to hold its 1st position firm.

Dortmund need to work on themselves as yesterday's game was not an impressive one tbh. Mainz are good but compared to Dortmund, they are no worthy rivals. Having a total of nine shots but none on target was not how coach Bo svennson envisaged the game to be but well, I feel they will do better in their next game with Arminia as they have only managed to win two out of five previous games.

Dan Lawrence played really well for his 91 runs. It was really bad luck for him to get out like that. The captain Joe Root did get his century. And at the end of the first day, judging by the position that England is in at the moment I think it will be good if they are going to put up a really big score against West Indies.
They only last three wickets so they have a lot more batting to come. It was a good start by the West Indies in my opinion but the third wicket partnership really took the momentum away from them. But they would be happy to get a wicket from the last ball of the day.

Yes, Arsenal had many opportunities to win today match but they miss used their opportunity that gave Liverpool team opportunity to defeated them 2-0 to maintain their position in this tournament. Liverpool team really prepared well to defeat Arsenal because they do everything possible not to give arsenal any chance to have a goal in the match. Arsenal really played well, just that the Liverpool defenders are very strong compare to other teams they have been playing with and achieve victory at the end of the match. Liverpool really prove to arsenal team that they remain the strongest in this tournament to achieve the champion title in this season.

Hanuma Vihari is one of those players who have benefitted immensely from nepotism within the selection board. Look at his test record and you will be surprised to know that manytimes he was preferred instead of quality players such as Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja. That said, I am still perplexed by the stand taken by the BCCI. They are banning players from participating in franchise T20 leagues around the world (including those who haven't played any international cricket) and at the same time they have allowed these players in the DPL.

It will not be possible for Barcelona to beat Madrid easily because they are the team at the top today, Madrid have shown a good performance during this season started and it is natural for them to win so far.  Sevilla and other teams are still not able to catch up with Madrid.  If Barcelona finally manages to beat him then it is clear that this is a very good form of achievement for them.

It is show time for Dortmund against Mainz tomorrow. This is such an important game for Dortmund to have a gap of four points only with Bayern Munich in the standings. And I believe in them to make it real. Mainz can be a really annoying opponent for them here certainly. But when Dortmund really want to win a game, they can be certainly unstoppable. As Haaland is back too, I expect the team to have a solid game here hopefully and finish their opponent off. After the gap becomes four points, the competition could be really interesting.

Not any ability between playing home or away against with Arsenal as best chance for Liverpool deducted left 1 point from Manchester City, I think good opportunity later if success defeat Arsenal and as good chance how keep to be primer league champion. I think although not easy playing as away but is not bad thing for Liverpool against with Arsenal and tonight if success get 3 points just behind 1 point from Manchester City with the same games match both team between Liverpool and Manchester City.

Even though Leverkusen played very well but Leverkusen had to be patient because they were defeated by Cologne in week 26, many parties were surprised by Leverkusen's defeat, but the saddest thing was that Leverkusen had to lose their important player, Wirtz suffered a very serious injury and it will certainly be sidelined until At the end of the season, Wirtz's absence will certainly greatly affect Leverkusen's performance, because he is a very important player, and a very influential player in the team.

I'm more sure that Liverpool will win this match against Arsenal, even though Arsenal have started to improve their game at this time, but Liverpool also don't want to ignore the opportunity that is already in front of their eyes, namely sticking to Manchester City's points which are above it now and if Liverpool can win later, so the difference in points is only 1 point.