If Barcelona coach can work on their strikers before going to their next game, I believe it will really help them to stay in this 3rd position long because Girona will beat Real Betis in this game today and Real Madrid may struggle to draw 1:1 with Deportivo Alaves but they will still remain in the second position because Girona will continue leading in the la Liga league table. Barcelona secured victory from Almeria doesn't mean they will still win this trophy this season and their coach has a lot of things to do to save his Job next season because, there is no improvement to Barcelona players and they struggle to secured victory from weak team last game.

Well, let see how they will perform in their next game because many people will predict for Barcelona to win the game but if they fail to secure victory in their next game show that they are not destiny to end up in second or 3rd position this season.

One year and one month with Aston Villa, Unai Emery is the most successful coach. In his 62 matches with Aston Villa, he has provided 36 wins. Based on these statistics, for me, Unai Emery deserves to get the best coach trophy for December with the achievements obtained by Aston Villa.
Against Sheffield United, for me Aston Villa will win easily even though the result is uncertain.

In the Liverpool vs Arsenal match, I agree that the result is more likely to be a draw because Liverpool and Arsenal will fight tooth and nail not to lose points. Arsenal's chances of winning are slim to me because Liverpool are very strong at Anfield. As far as I know, Arsenal's best achievement at Anfield was a draw.

There could be an opportunity for Aston Villa to take the lead in the standings by this week. Because while Liverpool are hosting Arsenal in a really challenging game Aston Villa have a very comfortable home game against Sheffield Utd. I expect a really easy win for Aston Villa considering how much they are in form these days. Nothing below is acceptable for them now.

They are going to play their game before the Liverpool - Arsenal game as well which means they will probably take the lead temporarily already. Like I said before I feel like Liverpool will win against Arsenal at Anfield. But if we get a draw then congrats to Aston Villa on their lead. 

It was a comfortable win for Leverkusen which is good for the determination to win the Bundesliga. It was also great to see that coach Xabi Alonso is preparing for the African Cup of Nations that will take place from January to February in Côte d'Ivoire. In this game with Bochum, he benched almost all African players who will be leaving for the African Nations Cup so that he can experiment with his options when they leave. Leverkusen has about five key players that will be interested in playing in the African tournament. Xavi's strategy worked perfectly with Czech Republic striker Patrick Schick getting his first hat trick which means he is capable of mounting the attacks for Xavi's side.

But the Nigerian Talisman Victor Boniface proved himself with a goal immediately after he was introduced by scoring one goal. With this goal, Boniface has scored 17 goals in 16  Bundesliga games which is an outstanding statistic.

Kalvin Phillips is the player of Manchester City who is near to leaving the team and Guidiola is not interested in using this player in the game they have.
Since he didn't get the enough opportunity in the games he wants to leave the team and some other teams like Newcastle and Juventus want to hire this player from Manchester City but Kalvin Phillips said he will leave Manchester City and join another team if he makes sure that he can play in that team.

The match Between Barcelona and Napoli is going to be 50-50. Both Barcelona and Napoli have been looking inconsistent in their performances. Barcelona will be in the 4th position if Atletico Madrid wins their next game and Napoli is in the 5th position.

But it's the Champions League and it brings the best out of every team. I would say Barcelona will have an edge in this match as they are a club with history and their fans will push them for victory. Key players from both teams need to perform. I would say this is the only pair up in the UCL which will be a 50-50 in round of 16. This is going to be very exciting on both legs.

I hope Barcelona can make that improvement and send Girona below them and Real Madrid. However after seeing how desperate Barcelona were against Girona a short time ago I really don't know about whether they can do this. Losing by 4-2 is really unacceptable for Barcelona. They aren't playing their home games in their home stadium temporarily now.

This is a disadvantage for Barcelona of course but not an excuse to lose points in the games they should be able to win. Girona have a much better team performance despite having a much less valuable squad. Barcelona also need this spirit to be able to compete with them and Real Madrid both.

As we have always known Liverpool is a big name and they have proven it this night by scoring a very high-margin of of goal against West Ham United. This is not a warning to only Arsenal in the upcoming English Premier League clash, but it is also a warning to Chelsea which is the only big team that is remaining in the EFL Cup. I just checked the starting 11 of Liverpool and discovered that they did not go in with all their big names. They went in with fairly squad that is able to match West Ham United. Jones did the majority of the work from the midfield and got a brace. In the other side, I expected Mohammed Kudus to do something similar, but the match overwhelmed him

Losing was never in the DNA of Barcelona but with their recent performances, I'm afraid they can be easily thrashed by these elite and mediocre clubs. Barcelona perfromances is volatile and we can not easily predict the winning scores for this fixture, it happen to be one of the challenging UCL game to play for. Napoli faces Barcelona in the round of 16, these fixtures are prerty tough and I doubt if Barcelona can make it out to the next round. They're both elite sides in their perspective leagues wnd and qualifying becomes an important spot for bothsides.

On this Saturday there is a really attracting game between Roma and Napoli. The game is in Rome so it can be seen as an advantage for Roma. However I wouldn't trust Roma much for this game honestly. Because I don't like their recent performances in the league. Probably Mourinho will choose a cautious game plan against Napoli.

This is the classic Mourinho in big games in the end.    Napoli are even better at scoring now as Osimhen is back. He will be their key player against Roma surely. I think both teams will score and Napoli will manage to win the game by a gap of one goal.

Barcelona had a really big difficulty in beating Almeria. Whenever they got ahead there was an answer by Almeria but finally Barcelona managed to win after getting ahead the third time.    Lewandowski was silent about scoring a goal today but at least he made an assist. This win was really important for Xavi indeed considering their recent form.

They lost five points in their previous two games in the end. If they lost points in this game as well then probably the point gap with Girona and Real Madrid both would have been wider. But this season will be really tough for Barcelona anyway. I don't feel like they will be able to win the La Liga title.  

As reported months ago, Toney’s preference has always been the Arsenal move. Arsenal are interested, but only if the right deal can be struck. Club still 100% want Osimhen in the summer as a priority, they won’t sacrifice that move and overpay for Toney.

I think this would be a good signing for Arsenal by january. This way Mikel Arteta can play him directly as a goal poacher or sometimes pair him Gabreil Jesus to force the attack. This is what Arsenal needs right now soneone who  once he sees the goal post all he thinks is shoot. Someone like Osimehn is prrfect also. Arsenal has their eye on the young talent but Napoli is not ready to give him away yet.

Thumping 5-1 win for Liverpool tonight. Much better than the bore draw against Man Utd on Sunday.

Much bigger game vs Arsenal at the weekend though. I will be there, looking forward to it.

Real Madrid hasn't even made a big centre-forward transfer for this season. They are making do with Rodrygo and Joselu but still their condition is very good. Because they get a good level of score contribution from their attacking players. I mean especially Bellingham as he is top scorer in the La Liga as well now. Rodrygo has also been in form in the recent times.  

Ancelotti's system is working really well. I think they even have nearly the same chance with Manchester City for the Champions League title. Because Manchester City look a little problematic recently. While Real Madrid are playing more dedicatedly we never know what happens in case of a matchup between these 2 teams.

The list of injured players keeps getting bigger. Maguire, who was performing well in the last few matches also got injured. Bruno Fernandes,  Lisandro Martinez, Christian Eriksen, Martial, and so many key players are injured or suspended. This is really scary for the Manchester United team and their fans. They need to do something about it or Manchester United might not even be able to play in the Uefa conference league next year. Manchester United is not the only team with a huge injury list though, so many teams in Europe have this many players injured. I blame it on the frequent matches they are being forced to play. After all, they are human and they need rest to recover.

Harry Kane is one of the many prolific England striker and he’s proved himself in the EPL over 4-6 consecutive seasons. We know how crazy it can get in English League but yet, Harry Kane doesn’t find it difficult to succeed and bang in the goals, and there's a big possibility that he could get up to 20+ goals this season and even become one of the best strikers to have played in the Bundesliga.

 Now at Bayern, it’s not much a stress or one difficult task to do as the League’s pace is quite reduced compared to the English League. So Kane is bound to succeed especially with wingers such as Gnarby and Sane who are bery fast with the feet and ball. Now Muller is one wonder who keeps getting old in age but young while on the ball and that’s one positive thing added to this Bayern Side.

Mauro Icardi was failed in PSG but when he was moved to Galatasaray Icardi was found his shape again and last season he was scores 22 from 24 matches in Turkish Super league and this season too Icardi still able to managed his consistency to scores goals because from 15 matches so far Icardi was able to scores 12 goals and maybe these records makes Real Madrid tempting to gets him because after Benzema leave last summer Real Madrid don't have good striker as the replacement of Benzema so if this rumours is true maybe Icardi will be suitable as their main striker

But in my opinion the injured of Alaba makes Real Madrid have not much options for centre defender so probably this makes Ancelotti asking to Real Madrid management to give the priority buy new defender this january and i think this is more important rather than to buy new striker because for forward lines basically they have no problem because they still have Bellingham or Rodrygo who recently performing well

Kane is continuing to score many goals and he has already reached 20 goals in the Bundesliga. It is really incredible to see him performing like this in his first season at Bayern Munich. He is challenging Lewandowski's goal record here and I'm curious about whether he will be able to break that record as well. Because reaching 20 goals while not even getting past the first half of the season is quite impressive.

He can surely score 40+ goals in the season if he goes on like this. But it is really difficult to predict how consistent he will be during the season to do this. As long as Bayern Munich maintain their good effort as a team Kane should be able to get the passes he would like to finish them up with goals.

It seems like Arsenal have a favourable matchup for themselves to reach the quarter finals. I mean I don't think Porto are good enough to eliminate Arsenal in the Champions League. Porto lost both of their games against Barcelona in the group stage for example. I think Barcelona are even playing worse than Arsenal these days.

Considering that Arsenal should be able to get past them easily. Maybe Porto can defend them stronger home and they might get a draw as well. But at Emirates I would just expect Arsenal to destroy them by a gap of a few goals.  

The rumours linking Mauro Icardi with Real Madrid are still on. Some news source are still claiming that he will be signed by the Spanish side in January. But as far as I can remember Real Madrid refuted these rumours by stating the opposite. I also don't think Ancelotti's priority is to sign a centre-forward at the moment.

You know Alaba has newly got injured and he won't be recovering until the end of the season. Ancelotti talked about this situation and it seems like he will go for a centre-back transfer. They really need one now because Militao is also still injured.