The last games have seen Arsenal going from bad to worse regarding their results and this lost game will have a huge psychological impact in their players and as such it is critical that Arsenal starts to get their form back again starting directly from their weekend game,if they can win it and the game that they have less then there is no reason for them to worry,the psychological pressure will be on Manchester City side this time.
Manchester City came to this game clear in their intentions and played open football knowing that it was life and death game for them and they managed to win it,now the Premier League is super open.
To be honest I could never imagine seeing this happening to Arsenal I was thinking Arsenal is going to win the game against Brentford and they could still be on top of the table but here I can see they lost 2 points in that game and Manchester City won the game against Aston Villa. and last night Manchester City faced Arsenal and they could easily win the game because of starts like Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish while the only thing Arsenal could do was score a goal Saka from penalty. It was obvious that the quality of players that Manchester city brought to the filed was higher than that of Arsenal. It would have been a balanced game if Thomas Partey was in the midfield and G.Jesus was at the top striker. These two important players were missing while Manchester City came with their best and grabbed all the 3 points.
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This is the main reason why mostly of people will be favouring barcelona over MU in the upcoming match. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/h2h/50080/52682/that being said that if barcelona is really dominant in face to face against MU. I would not be surprised that if majority of people prefering to take barcelona as their bet. It seems like that people are trying to take the safe bet for their money. These are statistics from the Champions League, what does it have to do with the Europa League? ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) By the way, do you know how many times United won the Europa League and how many times Barcelona? ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) By the way, even if you look at your statistics, two games were 3 years ago, the next game 13 years ago, and so on ... What is the relationship with modernity? Previewing old statistics isn't a bad idea, be it 10 years or 20 years ago. Don't say it has nothing to do with modernity, At some points, clubs have certain records which are hard to be broken. Barcelona hardly loses to MU in European matches. It :owill be a good thing if Manchester United could take it under advisement and double up their preparation especially now that FCB is in a very good form
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it's actually 3:0 in Favor of Real Madrid, and it's half-time. Benzema scored yet again. It's the much-needed goals for Real Madrid to edge them closer to winning this match. They will be trying to chase down their rivals Barcelona, who are at the summit of the La Liga.
I know that there are more matches to be played, but personally I think it's too late for Real Madrid.
There is nothing late when they stop dropping points easily.. 8 points are nothing comparing to the 51 points left to grab. Today, Real Madrid punished badly Elche, 4 goals to 0 in 80 minutes ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) Benzema scored 2 penalties and there is Asensio that scored early and Modric that scored right now. Good result that increase the self confidence of the team. Agree with what you said, now just hoping more so that Barcelona don't get good results in their condition of being favorites and hoping that with their many schedules Barcelona will be a little unfocused. At the moment the chance is still there so it is still possible for Madrid because sometimes downfalls always come unexpectedly like what Barcelona and Madrid have experienced before. But also real Madrid will play the UCL and will definitely have complicated matches, so i believe schedules will not be an issue for Barcelona especially because they will play an easier competition and players will definitely not focus on it so i think Barcelona will keep the same performance in la Liga Even if they are leading the race with many points, I don't think U should say Barcelona is already the favorable side to win the La Liga title cuz they also have a lot to worry about. Manchester United will not be an easy side for them to overcome in the Europa league. They will also have to bench some players while in La liga and injuries can also come in, all this are hindrances to winning.
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I saw the winning on the #Manchester city side though I never knew the match will be up to 4 goals. It was quite a tough fight and The result today has changed the nature of the EPL standings. Arteta will now have a lot to worry about cuz his proximity to winning the title is gradual depreciation. I'm not too interested in who is to win epl, I'm only happy that after a very long time, Arsenal will now be playing in champion league next season.
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It was an interesting match to watch. Dortmund played rely well and I will say it's a deserving winning even if Chelsea wasn't an easy side to defeat. Chelsea's performance right now depends on individual abilities than teamwork, I quest that is why the momentum isn't as strong as it should be. I don't think it's still a matter of time cuz there's nothing different from their performance in the domestic league. Porter needs to improve his tactic.
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Arsenal 1:1 ManchesterCity 45mins
It has been an interesting match tonight. The both teams are playing good football. Manchester City capitalised on the nistake of Arsenal defender to get their early goal. I can say that the goal was not well deserved. But everything normalised after penalty kick was awarded to Arsenal and Saka successful converted to goal
I had known that this game would be surely tough as well as exciting. I also knew it would produce goals from both sides as well. The first half of the game was sure exciting and I’m pretty sure each sides would have a lot of pep talks as well as tactical changes on both sides. Both sides played really well and the second half would only get more exciting as each side would be going at it hard to score goals and win. I still think Manchester City has a good chance of winning the game and I don’t expect it to be an easy feat also. I know the second half would only be more exciting. I just wish Manchester City would calm down and go easy on the game. No doubt it was a tough match but Manchester City really showed why they are the better team by fighting hard. The scores is now 3goals to 1 goal in favour of Manchester City. With this result, Manchester City is at the top of the English Premier League table with goal difference and it will remain like this Arsenal play their outstanding.
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Elche has no chance of stopping Real Madrid because they have already scored eight minutes into the game and I'm sure there will be more goals because Madrid is playing solid defense and attacking aggressively, and Benzema scored the second goal. With Benzema's 10 goals this season, Elche has no chance because Madrid is playing well defensively. even Elche is playing well but the truth is just that they can not win real Madrid.
It is half time and Elche is already 3 goals behind Real Madrid. Benzema has stollen the show of the night by getting a brace in the first half. One remarkable thing is that Benzema got the 2 goals through penalty. This is to show how combative the match is . If you want to bet for second half under 2.5 goals is ok. This is because Real Madrid will substitute her star players like Benzema because of Champions league.
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B.Dortmund is closer to victory tonight. I don't like Chelsea these days. The winner of the Club Brugge vs Benfica game will most likely be Benfica.
Both Dortmund and Chelsea is plying good football. The match has been lively from the beginning. The victory of Dortmund is not that clear. It is just like a 50:50 things. Both teams players are missing some goals. Joa Felix is very much into the game and may have a goal before the match ends. James reappearance is also helping Chelsea while I think that Ziyech is not having a good night
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Arsenal 1:1 ManchesterCity 45mins
It has been an interesting match tonight. The both teams are playing good football. Manchester City capitalised on the nistake of Arsenal defender to get their early goal. I can say that the goal was not well deserved. But everything normalised after penalty kick was awarded to Arsenal and Saka successful converted to goal
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Arsenal are one of my favorite to win the Europa league this season. I’m not disputing that there are also other top favourites too like Barcelona, Manchester United too but in the playoffs one team will have to advance further from the pair so it will be either United or Barcelona so Arsenal will have a better chance after the two legs. It's been a long time since Arsenal won an European trophy it will be really nice to see them have that experience once again.
Yes, Arsenal are indeed one of the candidates to win the Europa League title this season, that cannot be separated from their good performances this season. But their journey will not be easy to make that happen, moreover they also have to finish one match at a time in the Premier League where they are also the favorites there. The choice now is whether they will focus more on the Premier League or the Europa League. I know for sure they want to get both, but sometimes focusing on both competitions at once becomes more difficult than one might imagine, especially those in the Premier League who are now under more serious threat. There is no doubt that Arsenal is among the favourites in the Europa League. They are lucky because Manchester United will face Barcelona, which means either of them will be eliminated and give the more possibility that Arsenal can progress to the top level of the Europa League. But Arteta should be very careful and decisive because he might lose all if he decides to chase both Epl and Europa.
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Under normal circumstances, Real Madrid would win this match by a different score. Elche is in last place in the league and have only won once in 20 games. It was the last game they played. It was a big surprise that they beat Villarreal. Pere Milla scored a hat-trick in the game, and two of those goals came from penalty. I don't think Elche will achieve such a success again. With Real Madrid already falling behind in the championship race, they can never think of any other possibility than to win in a match like this. They lost to Mallorca last week. It's very unlikely that they will lose points twice in a row. If Real Madrid doesn't win this match, we can say that Barcelona is the champion this season.
The winning that Elche recorded last week could be boost to their performance. But that would work if they are playing a small club. Since they are playing a club who wishes to carry the but are much points lesser than their counterparts Barcelona. So they will pull out all their capacity and energy to win the match convincingly against Elche.
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It seems like Chelsea's search of a goalkeeper will never end. ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) Because this time there are rumours like they are interested in the Brentford goalkeeper David Raya. He has played in 23 games in total so far and conceded 30 goals. 8 of these games were clean sheets for him. This is pretty good to me considering the team he plays for. However Chelsea still have contracts with Mendy and Kepa both for two more years now. I wonder what Potter is thinking about this situation. We don't even know if this is his idea. I don't think Chelsea's main problem is a goalkeeper now. They should focus on weak spots in the team first by creating some strategies for them. Potter does not have faith in Mendy anymore because currently Chelsea have three keepers in the team with a new keeper coming in in the January transfer window. Signing of David Raya will only mean either of the two first choice goalkeepers will have to leave in the summer of any of the three to be loaned out but I don't think Chelsea will be signings a new goalkeeper except they have plans to sell one of theirs. From the arrival if Graham Potter till date he doesn't have his hope on Mendy. Before Potter arrived, Tuchel was already using Mendy ahead of Kepa but when Potter came, he changed the arrangement and started using Kepa as first choice. Mendy should find his way, a second team player is hopeful of seeing match than second team goalkeeper
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I'm not sure but it feels like Bayern Munich season is not acting like the other precious seasons because from what we remember, Bayern Munich usually could take lead and win the league but huge difference and every year the second team in the league could usually fight to stay send and they had literally no luck to win the first place while this season Bayern Munich is just one single points head and this is very much lost to the second team so I guess this season Union Berlin can even have the chance to become the champion.
I agree that Bayern Munich have not been like their usual season, but that could be because they have decreased or their competitors have improved. But apart from all that they are still able to lead the standings even though with a very tight difference in points. It looks like they will be more distracted now as they will definitely be distracted by the Champions League. And I think they will definitely focus more on the Champions League. This could be another opportunity for other clubs who want to take the top of the standings by taking advantage of Bayern Munich's busy schedule in the Champions League. It is not only particular for Bayern Munich, it has happened to some other big teams. If you check laliga, Real Madrid is not topping the league. If you check English Premier League, Manchester City is not topping the league. Almost all the big teams are struggling this season. But that of Bayern is different because they are still topping Bundesliga and defeated PSG.
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Bad news for the Gunners as Thomas Partey is expected to miss this crucial tie against Manchester city tonight due to a muscular injury. It’s been instrumental to their game this season and Arsenal have only lost a game he’s played in this season. I expect Jorginho to produce some good play tonight. I wish Jorginho would play well and take his place in Arsenal starting squad regularly and don't need to suffer from Partey’s injury scare anymore. Besides any team that is overly dependent on a player to the extent of not being able to navigate a match without him is not ready for the title.
I think Arsenal are a team that doesn't have a dependence on just one player, so even if one of the key players is injured I'm sure Arteta will be able to overcome or cover it with another player. After all, even though for example all of Arsenal's key players can play in this match against Manchester City, I personally still believe Manchester City will still have a chance to win. So yes, in my personal prediction basically Arsenal will only play defensively more often and will only rely on counterattacks to attack. That has been my fear for Arsenal. All other positions have replacements except Thomas and Saka wing . I have been saying that whenever any of these players are injured, things will not go well with the club. Recently, Jorginho has been bought as a standby for Thomas. Let us see what he can do, I doubt he has blended with the team.
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Bayern Munich were impressive last night, they played with much confidence and strength, and showed good tactics against PSG. It was good to see Kylian Mbappe back on the pitch again after a short time injury and he made a huge impact as he came in but too unlucky to have two goals denied for offside. Hopefully PSG will return much better and stronger in the second leg with all stars complete and starting.
Kylian Mbappe was absent from the beginning of the match but however when he found himself inside in the second hand he made so much impact in the team. Assuming he was there from the beginning there would have been a different result. Congratulations to Bayern they played well and deserve the win.
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Now the championship race is more like among Bayern Munich, Union Berlin and Dortmund now.
Because the biggest gap among these teams is only three points. Union Berlin are the biggest surprise team in the season among them of course. They were even the leader previously but they lost a couple of positions due to starting a bad form. But still they made a big effort again and climbed to the second position. It looks like they are very determined to stay in this competition until the end. The championship run is just lovely in the Bundesliga now.
I think that Union Berlin is superfluous here. The only way it can stay here I see is this: Bayern and Dortmund continue their performance in the Champions League until the later stages, and Union Berlin loses to Ajax in the Europa League and completely concentrates on the Bundesliga. But even in this case, it will remain an underdog. Yep in the end they will only be troublesome for positions 2 to 4 but not for the championship position even I still think that nothing is too much trouble for Bayern actually ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Bayern's current condition remains the same even though there are indeed a number of matches that don't go well for the bettors but that doesn't make it difficult for Bayern at all to become champions because regardless of how they are now, Bayern will definitely win the title. It's not a new think, but I'm actually bored of seeing Bayern Muniich being called the Bundesliga champions every year. It's just as if there is no competition in the league. If u ask me, this is the chance for union Berlln, they started well this season, but the letter went astray, and I'm glad they could return to their winning ways. How they can fight to the end it would have created another positive impact on the German football.
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Its been four rounds since liverpool team managed to win in the premiere league i think today game is the perfect opportunity to get the three points since they will be playing at home against everton one of the relegation zone teams, except last round win against arsenal, everton team didn't show much this season so i think liverpool odds are a good deal to win some money.
Unfortunately Liverpool are not really ready for this match because there may be problems that prevent their team from playing to their full potential, but I hope Liverpool can show their strength in this match to win against Everton. What are their problems at the moment? Well, apart from the fact that they are in 10th place in the standings, although it's only a matter of time... This season Liverpool are clearly showing their worst form in the last few years, and as for the match against Everton, it's hardly surprising, I think either a draw or victory for Liverpool, against Everton them looks great and there seem to be no problems before the match Just like Chelsea, Liverpool's players are unique, but as a team, they seem to be so vulnerable. Even more vulnerable than Chelsea if one should compare their energy to their previous matches. As regards their match with Everton today, I already knew they will win cuz it will be their 2nd win in the last 8 matches, and would have become difficult for Clop to face the management and fans if he loses it.
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Mason mount has refused to sign a new contract with chelsea and is demanding for £300m, I wonder if the payment will trigger him to double his effort or if this is the reason he is not doing well. The club now have many options for his position and I don't think selling him out will affect the team's performance. I know Boelly has money and is capable, but he should think twice before granting such a proposal.
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The only game today is espanyol vs real sociedad, sociedad position will not change even if they lose today but they need the points to put some distance from atletico, espanyol on the otherhand will get away from the relegation zone if they win and it will put them on comfortable situation its a tough game for both teams.
They were series of attempt made by espanol in the first half, they struggle was ferrocious cuz they both need the point to attend a stable state but at this moment ,Real Sociedad seems more stronger and is favorable to win the match. Already they have registered 3 goals in less than 64 minutes with dominance in all measures of the game without conceding a single goal and that's a good way of showing winning potential
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Yes it's not easy for Arsenal to reach the final, I'm not an Arsenal fan but for now I love this team, they really worthy to be in the final, also Premier League is the most competitive league but Arsenal can still stay at the top of the standings. For the upcoming matches in the next few days. To be honest, I also agree about Barcelona, they are the strongest team at the moment, they have great players but back to the coach's strategy.
Arsenal are focused on the Premier League, I'm sure they don't think much (if not at all) about the Europa League. As for Barcelona, even if it is a favorite, the bookmakers quotes are simply ridiculous: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 - FC Barcelona reach Round of 16? Yes - 1.57 No - 2.25 Being able to beat underdogs with a great percentage of efficiency is certainly good, but in big games Barcelona is weak this season. Both Man United and Barcelona are doing wonderful But still defending very well is Barcelona Man United will find it hard to break through Arsenal may not seem serious for the Europa league, but I am seeing them in the final. Manchester United has had a decline in performance lately and I'm thinking it's because of Cancelo'a absence. I'm doubting if they will make it through the first outing in round 16 without him. It will be more interesting to wash both FCB and Man U play at their best team condition.
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