You have Messi and Mbappe both in the starting eleven but still can't prevent a loss by 2-0 home against Rennes.

This was a really absurd game for PSG and I'm sure that so many people lost their bets on PSG as well. I don't know how they can play this much badly at this point. Because they are already out of the Champions League as well. They need to focus on the Ligue 1 title in this case. Yeah there is still a big gap between Marseille and PSG. But still this shouldn't be a risk to take for PSG now. They could have won this one.

Dortmund had a really great week thanks to Leverkusen today. I wasn't waiting for Bayern Munich to lose this game. I even thought that they would win by a close margin. But they just couldn't maintain their score advantage here. Leverkusen scored two penalties and they were also in their lucky day. I didn't like Bayern Munich in defense today.

Leverkusen were comfortable about creating dangerous attacks against them. I know that Bayern Munich are focused on the Champions League more. But this kind of results can cost them the Bundesliga title on one hand.

Arsenal are very determined about making it to the league title now. Their performance against Crystal Palace was another proof of how much they want this. Crystal Palace couldn't do much thing against them honestly which was the expected from them. You can't deal with this Arsenal in Emirates especially if you are a smaller team.

Arsenal have all the motivation they need for the championship now. As they are out of the Champions League as well they can focus on the Premier League completely. This is their biggest chance to go for it.

Maybe Verstappen is going to be at the 15th position on the grid but I think there isn't any problem anyway. Red Bull is extremely fast this season as well. They are like one of the few teams that have made a big progress for this season now. Verstappen is also one of the best drivers right now as well. These combined are becoming a huge threat to the others even in this situation.

Verstappen wouldn't have big problems on climbing to the first position unless he has another engine issue. I have my doubts for now until seeing the car okay.

This time Depay wasn't able to do anything about scoring or making assists. But Griezmann made up for him by scoring a goal anyway. Lemar also impressed people by scoring only three minutes after entering the game.

This was a very comfortable game for Atletico Madrid most of the time. The first half was already one-sided. Valencia tried to balance the game in the second half and I can say they were better by finding more chances. But still they were unable to stop their opponent from continuing to score. This 3-0 win will just relieve them in the third position for this week. Besides they can even drop the gap with Real Madrid depending on the result of the El Clasico.

Lens did a really good job against Angers today. This reassuring win should be giving them some extra confidence in themselves. They are still in the fight for the second position technically. But it depends on being consistent on one hand. Otherwise their job wouldn't be easy against Marseille and Monaco in the first place. For now they have captured this position in the standings.

I wonder how good Marseille will be able to play against Reims away. Reims are in a great form and they should be able to compete with Marseille at a similar level as well.

Manchester City - Bayern Munich is the most attention getting matchup for me already. This is not much different than a finale for the Champions League as well. They are both teams that deserve to make it to the title now. Manchester City have been putting on a great show so far especially thanks to Haaland. He is their best card against Bayern Munich as well.

Bayern Munich on the other hand are doing really good despite losing a very important player in their attacking line like Lewandowski. I wonder if their disciplined game plan will be helpful for them to eliminate Manchester City as well. But I'm favouring the English team for the semi finals.

I'm afraid it wasn't a good performance by Milan not only in offense but also in defense. They just couldn't hold off Udinese attackers good enough and Udinese had a really solid day at the same time. They were very successful at benefiting from their shots on target. Milan could have answered in the same way at least. But I don't see the same productivity in scoring goals recently.

This inconsistent season can cost them their Champions League ticket as well if they don't pull themselves together in the league.

Dortmund were really incredible against Koln today. That huge victory by 6-1 really tells us something about this season.

They really want this title race until the end of the season. It isn't a thing that we are very familiar with honestly. Because their priority has always been investing into young and skilled players and making a lot of money in their transfers. The league title hasn't been their main target. But now they are seriously going for it. But their job is still really difficult against Bayern Munich. Plus they have a game against each other in Allianz Arena which is very important.

Manchester United's job is easier now after Arsenal have been eliminated in the Europa League. But by saying easier I don't mean they will be very comfortable. There are still challenging teams in the tournament now. Besides if they get past Sevilla their opponent will be one of Sporting and Juventus. I assume it would be Juventus if they play carefully against Sporting.

Manchester United should be able to eliminate this Sevilla as well. Sevilla are far away from even their performance in the previous season.

Chelsea couldn't beat Everton home and added another disappointment to their collection. They should have been able to play better in defense. Even though they got ahead two times they still couldn't prevent a 2-2 draw at the end. Even Everton which are a team in trouble can make difficulties for Chelsea. This is a really bad thing for Chelsea.

I know Chelsea are aimless now but they can at least finish the season at a better position. Because they are at the 10th position which reminds me of a horrible season they got many years ago.

Milan's winning odd is quite high against Udinese. Maybe the reason is that Giroud is suspended and Messias is injured as well.

These are players making a really good impact on the team with their performance but I'm not sure about the consistency on one hand. This is still a game that Milan can win actually but they need to be very careful. Udinese aren't a weak team in the league now. They shouldn't underestimate Udinese if they want to prevent a point loss. As the fight for top 4 is quite hard Milan need to do their best to win this game.

Now there is a fight between Real Sociedad and Betis for the fourth position in the standings. It was between Atletico Madrid and Betis before. But despite having a huge advantage Real Sociedad somehow let Atletico Madrid catch up with them too much in the standings. Now they are trying to keep the fourth position at least. This is the last spot for joining the Champions League in the end.

This is like a second chance for Betis to make it to the Champions League. They just need to be more consistent than Real Sociedad to make it.

It was a really tough game for Newcastle as they scored the winning goal in literally like the final moments of the game.

Winning this game is really important for Newcastle as they can drop the gap with Tottenham even more depending on the results. Newcastle have had a great season so far and they still have a chance for top 4 as well. Their biggest opponent about this goal is Tottenham now obviously. If Tottenham lose their place to them despite being a stronger team then it would be really surprising.

Atalanta had a huge level of dominance against Empoli honestly. They were really horrible at shots on goal despite winning the game anyway. I wonder what the reason behind this poor performance at finding the target. Only 6 of 27 shots were on target I mean. This isn't a good statistics at all. They had a huge domination by 70% ball possession though.

Even though they won by 2-1 this performance showed that they still need to improve their game more. Playing efficient is always the most important thing for winning games more comfortably.

Dele Alli seemed to be a promising player in the past but now he is far away from that level I'm afraid. Even Besiktas don't think of extending his loan deal and Everton are also looking for ending his contract. I don't know what he will do by the end of this season. He could have really been much better than this. His career became upside down so easily unfortunately.

He should have used his chances at Tottenham as effective as possible too. If he was able to shine there then he wouldn't have been in this situation now. He would have continued to play for a big European team.

Dortmund are going to play a home game against Koln this time. This is a really comfortable game for them on paper actually. Koln are a team that have been out-of-form for many weeks in the league. They don't have the strength to resist this Dortmund honestly. Dortmund are a team that is really hard to stop these days. I know Schalke did this but it was still not a loss in the end.

Dortmund would like to make up for the draw they got against Schalke as well. They are in a title race with Bayern Munich now so they need to be as consistent as possible. I think Dortmund will be victorious in this game.

It looks like one of the Italian teams will be in the finale for certain. Benfica's job won't be easy at all against Inter in my opinion. But this matchup will still be very competitive for sure. Both of these teams are really strong and I see them nearly equal to each other in performance. But I still see Inter one step ahead of Benfica here. It is because of Inter's playing style actually.

I think they have the strength to stop Benfica now. They can do a really good job at keeping Benfica away from scoring goals easily just as they did it to Porto newly.

Inter - Juventus will be one of the games worth watching hopefully. Inter are favoured by bookmakers of course and I also believe in them to win the game.

But I can't overlook Juventus' recent form at the same time. They have won so many games recently which helped them drop the gap with Atalanta to even four points. However on this week this gap might get bigger. Because Juventus don't seem good in big games these days. For example they lost to Roma away recently and this will be another big away game. I think Inter will also win by one goal.

Lyon - Nantes is going to be the opening game of the week. Lyon are of course highly favoured for the victory here. Lopes seems to be injured by the way but still it shouldn't affect Lyon very seriously in this game. Because they are still in a much better condition than Nantes in the league now. There is a big point gap and Nantes have been terrible for four weeks. They got three losses I mean.

In this situation Lyon should be ahead of them psychologically. Nantes can have bigger problems on focusing on the game which should help Lyon win comfortably.