Even though Real Madrid and Liverpool lost this week in their respective local leagues, of course these results still cannot be used as a benchmark for their performance when they play in the Champions League later. But yes, after all Liverpool are in difficult situations and conditions and also, two teams against Liverpool in the Premier League are quite difficult before Liverpool play against Real Madrid.
With these considerations, of course Real Madrid will still have a chance to beat Liverpool, but if later Liverpool can hold Real Madrid to a draw then that will also be a good result for Liverpool.
Most report looks like it is staking one of the worst teams this season from the EPL versus one from the Spanish league. The odds of the encounter between Liverpool and Real Madrid in their on coming champions league picks Real Madrid as the favorite to win, because everyone would agree they have not been at top form but has been better than Liverpool. Although this is football, but chances for Liverpool is blatantly slim. The situation of Liverpool in English Premier League is worse than the situation of Real Madrid in Laliga. Real Madrid doesn't lose matches as often as Liverpool does. If Real loses a match it could be that Benzema is not there. But Liverpool loses to even smaller teams more than the big teams. In the coming champions league, Real Madrid has edge above Liverpool |
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I won't be surprised to see this ball end in winning and Goal-Goals in favor of Manchester city. Manchester city keeps giving out aggressive pressure ever since Hary Kane registered a goal, but Tottenham's defense line seems unyielding today compared to their last match with manchester city and for that, It's still uncertain that Tottenham will still be making the same mistake they did in their first leg against ManchestCity
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Juventus' disappointing performance is what I'm so shocked about this season, I'm still having cold fits if Juv will still make it to the top-4 zone this season. I'm impressed to see Napoli dominate the league this way. Osimhen's incessant exceptionally great performance keeps moving Napoli far and far. Recently, Napoli is now leading with about 16 points and this is close to 4 matches lost before their closest contender could go close. I quest The Scuideto champion has been found already
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I placed a bet in favor of Arsenal in this match but I lost the bet. I can't accept it because I never thought that Arsenal would lose the match. I thought Arsenal would win the match but we saw the opposite. Very few people believed that Everton would win the match. Everton team. Arsenal despite playing well, they could not score any goals. Everton goalkeeper gave a very good service in the match due to which Arsenal could not score any goals.
The same thing happen to me yesterday, I gave Arsenal Straight winning yesterday, I don't believe Arsenal will lose the match yesterday, most people that took Arsenal in their bet will lose, because most people Arsenal will win the match. Arsenal performance was not really bad yesterday, but they wasted all the opportunies they had yesterday, Everton defense was very strong yesterday, it was kind of difficult for Arsenal to break. Everton also wasted lots of opportunities but they where able to convert one of their opportunities to goal. It has always been like this every season, and one should have known before now. Every season is divided into two halves, The first carries home matches and the other caries the away matches. Most team's may find it easy throughout the away matches but difficult in home and vice versa. So every returning match between a leading team in the table and another strong side is a risk and one ought to be careful while placing a bet. |
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PSG - Toulouse was a really scary game actually. Because this was another game PSG struggled to get a win comfortably.
Messi was the only member of the attacking trio on the field today. But he still took responsibility and scored a goal. Neymar and Mbappe's absence was still felt during the game. They could have done much better than this. The first half was more like one-sided but Toulouse also started to be effective in the second half. Thankfully Hakimi was there to be the hero for his team. With his one goal and assist each performance, PSG took the win there. However, they are still in trouble seemingly considering especially the Champions League.
Despite his advancing age, Messi's quality is still very high, although there are too many missing players in the team, he scored in this match as well and helped the team get 3 points. I think we will watch a great game in the game against Bayern, both teams are among the best teams of this year. I hope that the deficiencies in the teams will be corrected and we will see both teams on the field as a full squad. It's sure to be an incredible fight  It would have been worst if Lionel Messi was the one missing in the match against Toulouse. We could see how unyielding the PsG attack was when Messi was yet to return from the world cup break. I see Messi has a special kind of Character in every Match, His career is backed and grounded on inborn talent, and that's the reason why age will only take little or nothing from his performance. Mesi indeed proved his worth in the Match against Toulouse. |
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Malloca seems unyielding in this match today. I knew Madrid will not make it through the match. Right from the first half, They never could have any accurate target at the Malloca goalkeeper . One will not be sure that malloca will make such a triumph after their poor form of winning just one out of four matches. Rodrigo was unproductive throughout the match. I think even with Vini jnr and Maco Asencio, Real Madrid attacking line is still deficient.
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Another advantage of Erik Ten Hak is being able to combine speed techniques and Marcus Rasford has proven to be a very dangerous player in front of goal at the moment, these two patterns can hinder Barcelona's full possession of the ball, so that speed can be used to carry out quick counterattacks. Of course not all matches will be the same and I think Erik Ten Hak has found a strategy against Barcelona.
Manchester United is in very good form. Manchester United performed well today against Crystal Palace. Their match strategy was good. But they have to play better if they want to win against Barcelona. And the important thing is that they need to strengthen their defense. If the defense is not strong, they will not be able to resist the attack of Dembele, and Lewandowski. Lewandowski is a very experienced player. Erik Ten Hag by now is one step ahead towards creating a strong wall of defense against Barcelona in order not to allow a chance of penetration from their forward players, just like Dembele and Lewandowski who are very dangerous when allowed to break into a defensive line. Their matchup with each other came at a very early time but watching the game now when the two teams are in top form makes it more intriguing to watch. It is now that Manchester United defence is complete. Before now it is either Varane is injured and Martinez is available or more stories. But now Dallot and Wanbissaka are available. Linderlof and Martinez are also available. Maguire and Varane is also available. Malacia and Luke Shaw also available. So, there is total availability in all the Manchester United defence. It is the midfield of Manchester United that looks like shaking |
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What someone learnt in the youthful age cannot be forgotten easily in the old age. In as much as Messi is still playing football he can always and he will always score wonderful goals.
Psg may likely seem that they are better than Bayern Munich for now but there is a spirit that comes with champions league and when that spirit comes the game will move to another level of vibration.
Yes, that's what we often see in competitions with a higher level. teams that don't look so good in the League can also do very well in the Champions League. they have an extraordinary motivation to perform better. but in the case of PSG and Munich, I think it's different. these two are a strong team. whatever the current conditions, I believe both of them will still show their best playing quality. Munich lost a goalkeeper and PSG lost a striker. the fight will still be fine I think, and will still be fun. I believe that the lost of Psg is bigger than the lost of psg. Kyliam Mbappe is a moving force both in psg and France and any team that losses him has lost a big player. In the case of Manuel Neuer, he is replaceable and with a good defence he might not be missed easily. But for Mbappe, no matter how good the attack is, Mbappe will always be missed in any attack lane. His pace and influence would be missed. |
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I wonder how Spurs will play their home game against Man City... Bookmakers are giving odds of 4.5 for Spurs to win... Man City have not won three games in a row away from Spurs... After their defeat in January, I think Spurs will put up a fight in the return leg... Although Man City are playing great, I don't think they'll win tonight...
Spurs are supposed to give a very good fighting to Manchester City but it is unfortunate that City will not want Arsenal to give them more gaps in the league. The Everton players did very well for closing the gap between Arsenal and Manchester City. So this is the great opportunity for City to cover up the gap and it is also worthy to know that United is coming closing to challenge for the title. |
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Dortmund, Frankfurt, Bayern Munich are some of the Bundesliga teams. Dortmund had a great performance in the last match. However, Bayern Munich needs some more improvement and there are serious problems in some areas of the team.
It seems like the came of cancelo has been fixing the performance from bayern. It can be seen from the result between bayern against mainz. Bayern has been doing so well by scoring so many goals against mainz. that's pretty much the same as old bayern which was always scoring so many goals aginst another team. I hope that cancelo has become a solution for bringing up bayern to first place in bundesliga. Union berlin has been taking the first spot. It's time for bayern to take it back again. Even nagelsmann has been praising the performance from cancelo on his debut Cancelo is a very good player and it didn't take long for him to blend with the team for a proper performance. Bayern Munich is not even a bad team and they are not performing badly in the season. It was just in the beginning of the season that they had some declined performance that Union Berlin went to top and now they are at the top again but I am not sure they will last long. |
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According to my prediction for the first leg, Liverpool will win the game. It's a habit for Real Madrid to lose the first leg, and they will fight it out in the second.
But if we look at the declining performance of Liverpool's players, it might be difficult for them to beat Real Madrid. Moreover, talking about UEFA, Madrid will do anything to get a ticket to the next round. If Real Madrid put young players in the midfield, it will give Real Madrid a bad performance.
Real Madrid doesn't frequently lose in the first leg, on the previous year Real Madrid was only lose for few times. Although Liverpool is strong in Champions League, but their current performance is bad and I don't think they can beat Real Madrid. Well, it's not a bad idea to put young players in the midfield because they also have good performance just like their senior teammates. Ceballos, Valverde, Tchouameni and Camavinga are good players, Tchouameni just need to learn and have more experience to be as good as Casemiro. Liverpool are going nowhere further after this stage it's the same for Madrid after this stage It's the champions league you don't just input young players you also add experience to win difficult games Ceballos and Valverde for the start and Modric I will suggest Real Madrid has a very good squad and an experienced coach, so it doesn't make sense to start thinking who will start for Real Madrid and who will bench. Whether they start old players or young players they will also get results especially when they have their experienced coach who knows when and how to feature. Liverpool is not in good form to win Real Madrid convincingly in the Champions League. |
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Hakimi and Messi scored legendary goals today, these were no ordinary goals. Messi's goal has become like automation now and he can still score at this age. PSG looks better against Bayern Munich for now no matter what anyone says, because they have a great talent pool. One of the players is in form in any match and by scoring an extra goal completely differentiates the result like the goals scored today. He has a lot of positive things in the champions league.
Messi has become a savior for PSG from getting draw again. I meant messi's goal was making the club can save three points from toulouse. There was another problem was coming for PSG. It seems like that mbappe has been forcing PSG to buy bernardo silva from manchester city. Messi will be gone soon and it seems like that mbappe was giving PSG a suggestion for a player to replace messi in PSG. We will not see messi again in the french league. What someone learnt in the youthful age cannot be forgotten easily in the old age. In as much as Messi is still playing football he can always and he will always score wonderful goals. Psg may likely seem that they are better than Bayern Munich for now but there is a spirit that comes with champions league and when that spirit comes the game will move to another level of vibration. |
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Aubameyang had a good game against Ac Milan during the champions league
He's presence in that game made it possible to open milans defense
The more times he's given, the more poor results Chelsea will get
It's useless now, he can't be in the squad for the Champions League and one possibility now is to leave for next season. His presence at the moment doesn't seem to be really needed by Chelsea except if he's comfortable on the bench until the end and I don't think he's that naive because he can still compete but now he can't be in the big team all the time because it won't be very profitable for him herself. You shouldn't say that a player like Aubameyang is useless, it is a bad statement to make about any player and not even Aubameyang. No player in active playing should be called useless. They have their capabilities and it will be known when new coaches handle them. For Aubameyang and Chelsea, he should look for another club. No chances for him there. |
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We may not know the exact cause behind Liverpool's poor results this season because there are no different players in the Liverpool squad.
It seems you are not really following Liverpool's squad list at all. There is a huge difference compared to last season and that one of the huge missing piece was Sadio Mane. It might seems like Salah carried the team last season but it was actually Mane alongside Salah so when Mane left the team, there isnt any other player that managed to fill in that piece hence the strategy kinda fell apart You don't try to play blind or ignorance to Liverpool problem this season. Last season was a totally different in the playing pattern of Liverpool. The squad of Liverpool is totally different from what we saw last season. Everything is orchestrated by the departure of Sadio Mane. Liverpool in their widest dream didn't know it will happen like this. |
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Meanwhile, Manchester City will also really hope to win the match against Tottenham tomorrow. It's tough away match for them in the first week of February, but if they want to make points with Arsenal to 2, then Manchester City must win it.
I hope for Arsenals sake that the best result that Manchester city will get from that game should be a draw, and not a win. Tottenham can do it, they have the home advantage, and they can step up to the big challenge to defeat Pep's team. I think Liverpool needs money to overhaul their squad.
It can be disappointing after spending money to get new players in important position for your club and still they show no immediate results. That is the situation Liverpool is in. Tomorrow's feature of Manchester City and Tottenham is a tough one and we also expect the match to be tough. I would not be happy if I see the Citizens scoring Tottenham like 2 goals in the first half. I trust Conte and his boys that no matter anything is their duty to give good fight against Manchester City |
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Another advantage of Erik Ten Hak is being able to combine speed techniques and Marcus Rasford has proven to be a very dangerous player in front of goal at the moment, these two patterns can hinder Barcelona's full possession of the ball, so that speed can be used to carry out quick counterattacks. Of course not all matches will be the same and I think Erik Ten Hak has found a strategy against Barcelona.
Manchester United is in very good form. Manchester United performed well today against Crystal Palace. Their match strategy was good. But they have to play better if they want to win against Barcelona. And the important thing is that they need to strengthen their defense. If the defense is not strong, they will not be able to resist the attack of Dembele, and Lewandowski. Lewandowski is a very experienced player. Manchester united got all it needs to win Barcelona if they really want to to. Before now Rashford and Co used to have uncontrolled speed and no good football. But since Ten Hag took over he is bringing the best out of the boys who are willing to play nice football. By next season you will be surprised how good Chelsea . |
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If any team is suppose to be successful in the French league it should be PSG because the have the most sophicated world star footballers but we see them been inconsistent in their matches, PSG has always played an unpredictable football where we see smaller teams getting a draw from them, they have to make strong effort in the team in other to maintain their position in the league table.
I am waiting for that time when another club will rise from France and sign big player names like psg and start competition with psg. It will be so interesting if this happens. But unfortunately it is always psg and only them has the money because big players after every season goes to the team that will pay them well. |
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Real Madrid was expected to win in that game and Valencia was waiting to lose otherwise they wouldn't kick their coach Gattuso just 2 days before the match...
I think they're justified in their firing of Gattuso. Valencia have been really poor under him. They are 15th on the table and aside that they play very poorly. It was always expected of Madrid win with against them with or without Gattuso getting sacked. Let's see if they they can get a good manager they can turn their season around cause it's definitely not too late. However 16th position for them now is clearly very bad and looking at them in statistics especially for the last 5 matches which only 1 draw the rest is a clear defeat this is not very good for them so indeed he was let go even though he is not even one season yet for Valencia. But on the other hand, this is also a bit inconvenient for them with the change of a new coach, actually because they could have been much worse. I know when Valencia used to be among the big names in Laliga. But are different now with their poor performance. Concerning the new coach, I have not believed that all great players will always make good coaches. Use Lampard of Everton in English Premier, just as he is sacked, Everton won against title leaders Arsenal i |
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It will be difficult to predict exactly which team will win the match between PSG and Bayern Munich. Because both teams of Bayern Munich and PSG do not have the stability of the game. So it is difficult to say how the match will be.
If the assessment is taken from the results of matches that have been played by both of them in their respective domestic leagues, it does not look so stable. But when it comes to the Champions League, I think both of these teams will try their best to be as good as possible and even better than their performances in their domestic league. Because basically these two teams are still equally strong this season, as well as the ranking they hold in their domestic league. It may be as a result of irregularity in the pattern pf play of the clubs in their local league and the Champion leagues is a different thing entirely, some clubs may be performing very poor in their local league, and when it come to championship their play well. *as being said some clubs may not be able to make any difference in the championships. When you check the whole assessment in the summation phase, you will understand that the local league analysis is not holding water. If you check the ligue 1 table you will understand that psg is at the top. When you also check the Bundesliga you will understand that Bayern Munich is at the top. So what are we saying again? They are doing well in their local league and technically reserving for champions league. |
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Aubameyang has been insulted by excluding him from champions league squad . It's obvious Potter Graham and Aubameyang is not in good relationship. Aubameyang should look for another Club that will value him. Chelsea is done with Aubameyang , he should look for a better club to show case his talent.
This is the impact of the many new players who have arrived for Chelsea this season on the other hand from several statements issued as if in this case Aubameyang has also failed to make a big contribution to Chelsea so far so he will not play in the Champions League. Obviously this will make the relationship even hotter I feel but leaving is also a bit difficult to be in a big club again for Aubameyang now given his age. If I should sincerely acces the matter from the other angle of my reasoning, Aubameyang has not really done well to be dependent on to deliver in the Champions League. Many new and young blood has entered the team, so Potter now has options. I don't think that personal relationship is playing out. It is strictly based on performance. |
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