UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[skarais]

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Two points achievement in last three matches make Milan hasn't much choose for qualifying to the next round indeed have two home matches and one away match against Newcastle United. Bad started for Milan in Champion League without winning one match until playing three matches, next opponent is PSG and not sure for Milan will get three pounts or give opportunity for Dortmund or Newcastle United for qualifying to the next round.
Looking current standing teams, two points gap its not huge problem and Milan chance still open for qualidying to next round as 2nd standing position, but in three matches left they win two or three matches and looking for Dortmund and Newcastle have loss their points.

Considering that there are still 3 matches each team will play, the opportunity to qualify for the round of 16 is still open. It's just that Milan is starting to be doubted about qualifying after 3 bad results, but we never know for sure who will get that ticket even though it seems like PSG and Dortmund have a good chance between Newcastle and Milan.

I still believe Milan or Newcastle can win at least 6 points in the group stage in the next 3 matches, that means they have to beat each other regardless of whether Milan wins against Newcastle, PSG and Dortmund or vice versa. PSG have a big chance and I'm not sure they will fail to qualify this season.

[poodle63]

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When it comes to Barcelona's current UCL play, I have to agree with you. Looking at their group rounds, it looks like they had a nice time! Yes, they're ahead in their group, but they're still playing teams that arent very well known. In the previous season, they played big teams like Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. That was really hard! When it comes to Real Madrid, I dont think Barcelona's present team can compete with them now that they have a new look and players like Vini are back. Does Barcelona not have a strong striker? Its impossible! After all, they do need someone like Lewandowski. I wont bet a dime that they can beat Madrid until they make such big changes

Barcelona is ahead of everything compared to the other three teams in Group H, they will clearly have fun and can dominate the standings easily. However, the relatively weak resistance from their opponents meant that Barcelona had to be more alert in the knockout round.
Barcelona must be able to improve its performance in preparation for facing stronger teams, the fewer teams remaining in the UCL, the greater the challenge they will face. Barcelona must be ready to welcome all the challenges in front of them if they are able to survive further in the UCL.

There's no club that can be equal to the barcelona on its group. It will be so dumb if xavi will not be able to maximizing the chance owned by barcelona. Barcelona has been farming full points from the first match day. There's no competitor who can play even better than barcelona in the group. Barcelona will be qualified easily without even facing a tough game against its opponent. No doubt that if xavi will make it but the real match will come once barcelona will enter into the knock out stage.
There may probability for barcelona to face bayern munchen. I would like to see this match again. im really enjoying so many moments when barcelona lose against bayern.

Bayern was in the middle tier group. We will see bayern in action again soon. I hope that there will be the match between bayern vs barcelona. That will be bringing back us to the old memories when barcelona lost 8 goals against bayern.

[Majestic-milf]

I just see Haaland as a small game player, never scoring in big games because he's usually locked by the defense. I still maintain that he's a flop no one is talking about. Imagine not being supplied passes by the wingers, midfielders and fellow attackers, you will find Haaland getting exhausted and easily dribbled. To be frank, nominating him for the ballon d'or is not something he merits, he should rather focus more on not allowing everything be centered around him. I think if he had not being nominated to taking spot kicks and De bruyne hadn't been feeding him those passes, his goals will not have amounted to the 36 he netted last season and even though he has 8 goals in 8 games for now, we are still seeing if the second season syndrome will grip him.

A small game player, seriously mate?    Above all else Haaland is playing in the most prominent league of Europe which is the Premier League. We all saw how incredible his scoring effort in the previous season was as well. When it comes to big matches I remember many examples of them in which Haaland scored goals and became even the man of the match. As a result I don't agree with you about his being a "small game player". It is true that sometimes he can't score against big teams but it is totally normal.

In the end not every star player is able to score goals in such matches every single time. Plus despite De Bruyne's absence Haaland has still been continuing to make a great contribution to his team.

What I mean by "small game player" in this sense is he hasn't scored against any big clubs this season. Granted, the season is still fresh and we are yet to see more of him but like I mentioned, he could be going through the second season syndrome and if care's not taken, he may soon be started from the bench because when you have the likes of Alvarez, Foden and to an extent, Rodri, we don't see any need for the Norwegian giant because in terms of clinical finishes, these guys are also deadly.
 It's a big thing to play in the Premier League and excel, I'm not disputing that but also know that eyes will be on you especially if you were signed with a huge amount. Haaland did that for us in the first season, wowed the fans and was the golden boy, but this season it's looking like he's losing his touch. And I'm here wondering if it's because those who fed him the passes in the first season are now more invested in getting the goals for themselves or what?

[LittleBitFunny]

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Two points achievement in last three matches make Milan hasn't much choose for qualifying to the next round indeed have two home matches and one away match against Newcastle United. Bad started for Milan in Champion League without winning one match until playing three matches, next opponent is PSG and not sure for Milan will get three pounts or give opportunity for Dortmund or Newcastle United for qualifying to the next round.
Looking current standing teams, two points gap its not huge problem and Milan chance still open for qualidying to next round as 2nd standing position, but in three matches left they win two or three matches and looking for Dortmund and Newcastle have loss their points.

Considering that there are still 3 matches each team will play, the opportunity to qualify for the round of 16 is still open. It's just that Milan is starting to be doubted about qualifying after 3 bad results, but we never know for sure who will get that ticket even though it seems like PSG and Dortmund have a good chance between Newcastle and Milan.

I still believe Milan or Newcastle can win at least 6 points in the group stage in the next 3 matches, that means they have to beat each other regardless of whether Milan wins against Newcastle, PSG and Dortmund or vice versa. PSG have a big chance and I'm not sure they will fail to qualify this season.

Every team still has a chance to secure a ticket to the round of 16. But I think Milan will not participate in this competition. They are fully focused on Serie A at the moment. Their main target is the Serie A title this season. Despite poor performances in the Champions League, the team has continued to perform well in Serie A.

Predictions about Dortmund and Newcastle are difficult. The Dortmund team is strong. However, their performance is quite erratic. I am sure PSG will secure the round of 16 from the top of the table. Now, although the Newcastle team can perform well enough, this team is not very experienced in the Champions League. Whether they will be able to do well in the upcoming matches of the Champions League cannot be said for sure. So Dortmund team seems more likely to finish second in the table.

[marcous]

There's no club that can be equal to the barcelona on its group. It will be so dumb if xavi will not be able to maximizing the chance owned by barcelona. Barcelona has been farming full points from the first match day. There's no competitor who can play even better than barcelona in the group. Barcelona will be qualified easily without even facing a tough game against its opponent. No doubt that if xavi will make it but the real match will come once barcelona will enter into the knock out stage.
There may probability for barcelona to face bayern munchen. I would like to see this match again. im really enjoying so many moments when barcelona lose against bayern.

Bayern was in the middle tier group. We will see bayern in action again soon. I hope that there will be the match between bayern vs barcelona. That will be bringing back us to the old memories when barcelona lost 8 goals against bayern.

The maximum effort that Porto, Shakhtar and Antwerp can make is to hold Barcelona to a draw in the remaining three group phase matches, the rest or let's say beating Barcelona seems quite difficult for these three clubs. I think it is very clear now that Xavi squad is guaranteed to qualify as group H winners, and I predict that in the next three matches they will again be able to secure full points.

It is clear that Barcelona meeting with Bayern Munchen is one of the most awaited ones, and is an ideal match because both are considered the favorite clubs to win the UCL trophy this season. Although it's too early to say, I predict one of the two clubs will enter the final. I also understand that many surprises could happen in the future, especially if you see that many important Barcelona players are currently suffering from injuries.

[skarais]

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Every team still has a chance to secure a ticket to the round of 16. But I think Milan will not participate in this competition. They are fully focused on Serie A at the moment. Their main target is the Serie A title this season. Despite poor performances in the Champions League, the team has continued to perform well in Serie A.

Predictions about Dortmund and Newcastle are difficult. The Dortmund team is strong. However, their performance is quite erratic. I am sure PSG will secure the round of 16 from the top of the table. Now, although the Newcastle team can perform well enough, this team is not very experienced in the Champions League. Whether they will be able to do well in the upcoming matches of the Champions League cannot be said for sure. So Dortmund team seems more likely to finish second in the table.

Dortmund, PSG and Milan are teams that have experience in the Champions League compared to Newcastle. Their mentality is good even though they always have difficulty qualifying for the final, but I really think that Newcastle are the underdogs in this group.

If the points obtained are a reference for analyzing who will qualify, then Milan will certainly lose to the other 3 teams. But if experience is the benchmark, then Milan has a good chance of coming back and winning several of the next 3 matches. Milan is not completely focused on Serie A because basically they also want to reach the highest point in the Champions League. I don't agree with that assumption because they are still in the group stage. The opportunity is there, it just depends on how they take advantage of it.

[Litzki1990]

The chance for Manchester City to pass this stage is pretty much high and there is nearly zero chance to say Pep Guardiola and his players fail this group but the problem with Manchester City is they were not in the good form like the last season and you could see that when they were playing against Arsenal in Premier League, I think the best Manchester City can do is to start finding a weakness to be the favorite for this Champions League again.

Manchester City lost a match against Arsenal in the Premier League so it is not correct to say that Manchester City has weakened a lot in terms of performance. Sometimes bigger teams lose against smaller teams and this is not unusual. Manchester City's performance this season is a little less than last season, maybe because some important players of Manchester City are injured and they could not play any matches for Manchester City this season, but the reserve footballers that Manchester City have are definitely good player. While Manchester City's performance in the Premier League has been a bit slow, their performance in the Champions League has been normal and they will do well in this Champions League season if they improve their performance gradually.

[topbitcoin]

Every team still has a chance to secure a ticket to the round of 16. But I think Milan will not participate in this competition. They are fully focused on Serie A at the moment. Their main target is the Serie A title this season. Despite poor performances in the Champions League, the team has continued to perform well in Serie A.

Predictions about Dortmund and Newcastle are difficult. The Dortmund team is strong. However, their performance is quite erratic. I am sure PSG will secure the round of 16 from the top of the table. Now, although the Newcastle team can perform well enough, this team is not very experienced in the Champions League. Whether they will be able to do well in the upcoming matches of the Champions League cannot be said for sure. So Dortmund team seems more likely to finish second in the table.

I don't think so, although it may be their main goal to stay in Serie A they'll definitely be looking to make the group stage better especially as they were one of the clubs in the quarter finals last season and with the bonuses of staying in the Champions League and their financial problems I think they'll be working even harder than they are now.
It's just that it's a bit complicated. Milan are one of the clubs that have a lot of experience in the Champions League but their condition of not being able to manage finances well is a problem and it affects the players they have now. with their opponents who are just as strong today in terms of players and top clubs in other big leagues this is a difficult challenge for Milan. But I still believe they will keep trying to survive in the Champions League.

[LittleBitFunny]

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Every team still has a chance to secure a ticket to the round of 16. But I think Milan will not participate in this competition. They are fully focused on Serie A at the moment. Their main target is the Serie A title this season. Despite poor performances in the Champions League, the team has continued to perform well in Serie A.
Predictions about Dortmund and Newcastle are difficult. The Dortmund team is strong. However, their performance is quite erratic. I am sure PSG will secure the round of 16 from the top of the table. Now, although the Newcastle team can perform well enough, this team is not very experienced in the Champions League. Whether they will be able to do well in the upcoming matches of the Champions League cannot be said for sure. So Dortmund team seems more likely to finish second in the table.

Dortmund, PSG and Milan are teams that have experience in the Champions League compared to Newcastle. Their mentality is good even though they always have difficulty qualifying for the final, but I really think that Newcastle are the underdogs in this group.
If the points obtained are a reference for analyzing who will qualify, then Milan will certainly lose to the other 3 teams. But if experience is the benchmark, then Milan has a good chance of coming back and winning several of the next 3 matches. Milan is not completely focused on Serie A because basically they also want to reach the highest point in the Champions League. I don't agree with that assumption because they are still in the group stage. The opportunity is there, it just depends on how they take advantage of it.

Newcastle are the most inexperienced team in this group. However, their performance surprised everyone. They won by a big margin against PSG. They shared points with Milan. Newcastle team performed very well in two matches.

With the help of Luis Enrique, PSG is slowly getting stronger. Their squad is not very strong this season. Still, Enrique is doing his best to keep PSG's performance stable. And I believe Enriqu will succeed. Enrique's team will be at the top of the group. It is difficult to make predictions about the Dortmund team. Although this team is quite strong, their performances are quite erratic. Despite playing well against Newcastle, their performance against PSG was very poor.

[redsun114]

One more win and it's sealed for Barcelona, they should get a lesser club for themselves when they go on to the knock out round.

If they finish top of their group, then their chaces of meeting a giant club is slim because they cannot meet teams that would also finish first, neither can they meet teams from the same country as them. Having said that, there is no small team in the CL, any team that makes it to the RO16 is strong and they will compete with anyone, it is possible that a giant club could finish second in some groups. Barcelona do not have any chance of winning the CL this season, i think they will be very content if they can make it to the QF, and if they do, i think that is as far as they can go.

I agree about few things with most chances they could be ended at the top of their group because their performance is impressive, and they are doing their best as well but here I also have feeling most chances they could be not able to secure title because their performance is not as we need for the title in Champions League most chances they could be ended into last eight with their current performance and consistency, but coming years are surely going to be much better if they are able to keep few players which are giving their best.

Currently, few teams are surely had much better depth and firepower which is enough for the title and this could be going good for the Barcelona that they are able to have good results in this season even in La Liga now they are trailing.

[Richbased]

The chance for Manchester City to pass this stage is pretty much high and there is nearly zero chance to say Pep Guardiola and his players fail this group but the problem with Manchester City is they were not in the good form like the last season and you could see that when they were playing against Arsenal in Premier League, I think the best Manchester City can do is to start finding a weakness to be the favorite for this Champions League again.

Manchester city has been in consistent form in the champions league, they won all the teams in their group. Despite losing two matches in the premier league they are still in a favorable position and losing to Arsenal is not a prerequisite to see them as not being inform compared to last season and moreover, the leagues are still young so no teams performance can be judged a this early stage of the competition.

Looking at Manchester city, they've suffered some injuries and it isn't easy for them to play without a key player, let's take for example Kelvin bruyne is expected to be out of play for the rest of the year you can see that his injury is a very big setback to City because of his vital role in the midfield so losing such an important player to injury is a huge blow to Manchester city considering the fact that they still have lots of competitive matches ahead just hope they would be able to cope without him

[bbigtart]

Newcastle are the most inexperienced team in this group. However, their performance surprised everyone. They won by a big margin against PSG. They shared points with Milan. Newcastle team performed very well in two matches.

Maybe what Newcastle means is a team that doesn't have as much experience as other teams, which often appears in the UCL, while Newcastle have only played in the UCL this season. Newcastle It really surprised everyone, even from the start, many said that Newcastle would be the key judge in the group, but now Milan are at the bottom of the rankings and they haven't even won.

With the help of Luis Enrique, PSG is slowly getting stronger. Their squad is not very strong this season. Still, Enrique is doing his best to keep PSG's performance stable. And I believe Enriqu will succeed. Enrique's team will be at the top of the group. It is difficult to make predictions about the Dortmund team. Although this team is quite strong, their performances are quite erratic. Despite playing well against Newcastle, their performance against PSG was very poor.

Luis Enrique learned from his mistakes in the previous match when they lost to Newcastle but Enrique continued to improve so he could beat Milan. Indeed, Enrique's influence at PSG is very strong, he is also good at building team spirit, PSG will continue to look for wins to remain group champions to avoid strong teams in the round of 16.

[Webetcoins]

Haaland 2 goals from him yesterday makes Manchester City can able to beat Young Boys. They have won all the matches in the three matches so far Group G in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester City are top of Group G in the UEFA Champions League. We know they won the Champions League last season that the biggest candidate to win this season.

Group G is no challenge for the Citizens, watching them winning all three games is no big deal for the club because they're aiming for more challenging game this season. Pep Guardiola is among the working instrument that have elevated the team's performance standard stage. The players are forever ready to take on tougher opponents, this time they don't just easily get defeated, rather they're in good shape and enjoy thrashing their oppositions. Erling Haaland have been really helpful for Manchester City glorious path followed by his incredible teammates.

Most of the groups are having good for the top teams as they can destroy all their opponents and keep top rank as well same happening for the Manchester City which is dominating club in Europe for last few years, and they are doing their best for keeping things at the top in this season most chances they will be able to secure have their chances for the title because their team is having all things which are needed for the title.

With them RB Leipzig will be second team which will qualify for the next round because this German side is also improving their quality and giving results with consistency which is allowing them for staying at this level Erling Haaland is surely currently one of the best striker in Europe and his consistency and performance is the biggest advantage for the team for having titles as much they grab in next few years.

[rahmad2nd]

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Every team still has a chance to secure a ticket to the round of 16. But I think Milan will not participate in this competition. They are fully focused on Serie A at the moment. Their main target is the Serie A title this season. Despite poor performances in the Champions League, the team has continued to perform well in Serie A.

Predictions about Dortmund and Newcastle are difficult. The Dortmund team is strong. However, their performance is quite erratic. I am sure PSG will secure the round of 16 from the top of the table. Now, although the Newcastle team can perform well enough, this team is not very experienced in the Champions League. Whether they will be able to do well in the upcoming matches of the Champions League cannot be said for sure. So Dortmund team seems more likely to finish second in the table.

Dortmund, PSG and Milan are teams that have experience in the Champions League compared to Newcastle. Their mentality is good even though they always have difficulty qualifying for the final, but I really think that Newcastle are the underdogs in this group.

If the points obtained are a reference for analyzing who will qualify, then Milan will certainly lose to the other 3 teams. But if experience is the benchmark, then Milan has a good chance of coming back and winning several of the next 3 matches. Milan is not completely focused on Serie A because basically they also want to reach the highest point in the Champions League. I don't agree with that assumption because they are still in the group stage. The opportunity is there, it just depends on how they take advantage of it.

Absolutely right, and we agree, if our reference is experience in this competition as you said. a more experienced team should have great potential. However, experience will not provide any guarantee, if in question one of the teams plays a bad performance.

Talking about Milan, I won't say much about this team. In fact, they have experienced 3 defeats when playing their matches in the Group F phase. However, the only away match they have is against Newcastle. the rest, they will play as the home team. If I may say from my point of view, Stefano Pioli's system style and tactics are outdated. btw, just based on personal opinion.

On the other hand, if we talk about Dortmund, they will play their match at the Signal Iduna Pack when they host Newcastle later. a tough match for the away team, considering that they lost at their own base when they hosted Dortmund. Ahead of this match, Newcastle has two tough matches in the domestic league, namely visiting United and hosting Asenal.
Likewise with Dortmund, they will first host Bayern Munich.
For PSG, their chances of qualifying for this group phase seem quite wide open. and if I may assume, Dortmund will accompany Paris Saint-Germain to the next round. But, whatever it is, this is just based on personal assumptions.

[LittleBitFunny]

Newcastle are the most inexperienced team in this group. However, their performance surprised everyone. They won by a big margin against PSG. They shared points with Milan. Newcastle team performed very well in two matches.

Maybe what Newcastle means is a team that doesn't have as much experience as other teams, which often appears in the UCL, while Newcastle have only played in the UCL this season. Newcastle It really surprised everyone, even from the start, many said that Newcastle would be the key judge in the group, but now Milan are at the bottom of the rankings and they haven't even won.

Newcastle team is inexperienced but their performance is good. The team does not have star players in its squad. However, due to the good understanding between the players, they are able to consistently perform well. Also, Newcastle coach Eddie Howe is a very good coach. He knows his squad's weaknesses well and tailors his match strategy accordingly. And that's why Newcastle's performance despite their inexperience is so good. It is no surprise that this team qualified for the knockout round. Newcastle have this capability.

With the help of Luis Enrique, PSG is slowly getting stronger. Their squad is not very strong this season. Still, Enrique is doing his best to keep PSG's performance stable. And I believe Enriqu will succeed. Enrique's team will be at the top of the group. It is difficult to make predictions about the Dortmund team. Although this team is quite strong, their performances are quite erratic. Despite playing well against Newcastle, their performance against PSG was very poor.

Luis Enrique learned from his mistakes in the previous match when they lost to Newcastle but Enrique continued to improve so he could beat Milan. Indeed, Enrique's influence at PSG is very strong, he is also good at building team spirit, PSG will continue to look for wins to remain group champions to avoid strong teams in the round of 16.

You are right, With Luis Enrique, PSG's players are more confident. The PSG team is not very strong this season. Attacking performance is dependent on Mbappe. At the same time, the performance of PSG's defense is erratic. If Enrique is able to tighten up PSG's defense, I think PSG's overall gameplay will be stronger. I am quite optimistic about the PSG team. This team will be able to qualify for the semi-finals.

[bestcoins1]

Manchester city has been in consistent form in the champions league, they won all the teams in their group. Despite losing two matches in the premier league they are still in a favorable position and losing to Arsenal is not a prerequisite to see them as not being inform compared to last season and moreover, the leagues are still young so no teams performance can be judged a this early stage of the competition.

Manchester City must still be considered a serious opponent this season, both in the Champions League and in the Premier League because without even key players Manchester City is still able to provide very troublesome resistance to its opponents. Everyone can see how Arsenal won the match against Manchester City in the Premier League, even Arsenal was not able to score more goals in that match so they were only able to win with a few goals. So there is no reason to say that Manchester City is weak because so far Manchester City is still able to create good games in every match.

[Faxmate]

The maximum effort that Porto, Shakhtar and Antwerp can make is to hold Barcelona to a draw in the remaining three group phase matches, the rest or let's say beating Barcelona seems quite difficult for these three clubs. I think it is very clear now that Xavi squad is guaranteed to qualify as group H winners, and I predict that in the next three matches they will again be able to secure full points.

It is clear that Barcelona meeting with Bayern Munchen is one of the most awaited ones, and is an ideal match because both are considered the favorite clubs to win the UCL trophy this season. Although it's too early to say, I predict one of the two clubs will enter the final. I also understand that many surprises could happen in the future, especially if you see that many important Barcelona players are currently suffering from injuries.

Now with the current situation we can't expect good result from the Antwerp and Porto against Barcelona because Porto will be play away and Antwerp is not having enough quality to stop the Barcelona even they are playing at home which will give good advantage to Barcelona for the staying at the op and Shakhtar is difficult side with they can hold, but this is also not having good chance I have personal feeling most chances Barcelona could be stood at the top without losing any match.

Maybe this could be ideal match for you but for me this could be Bayern Munich match because they are having much better squad which can thrash any team in this event in any game because I have feeling most chances we will be having Manchester City, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid at the top with if any team can upset this is only Inter Milan all others are having no performance which is needed to be stood as champions of the Europe.

[KTChampions]

Considering that there are still 3 matches each team will play, the opportunity to qualify for the round of 16 is still open. It's just that Milan is starting to be doubted about qualifying after 3 bad results, but we never know for sure who will get that ticket even though it seems like PSG and Dortmund have a good chance between Newcastle and Milan.

I still believe Milan or Newcastle can win at least 6 points in the group stage in the next 3 matches, that means they have to beat each other regardless of whether Milan wins against Newcastle, PSG and Dortmund or vice versa. PSG have a big chance and I'm not sure they will fail to qualify this season.

Theoretically, everything is possible, but after Milan has already shown its weakness in relation to these teams and taking into account the fact that these teams have a good head start relative to Milan, Milan's chances are illusory. Look at the bookmaker's quotes:

UEFA Champions League - Group F - Winner

Paris Saint-Germain 1.65

Newcastle United 4.00

Borussia Dortmund 5.00

AC Milan 15.00

I don't think bookmakers are biased against Milan, they just have to take into account actual results (0 wins, 0 goals scored) and not theoretically possible ones.

[Adams0001]

Manchester city has been in consistent form in the champions league, they won all the teams in their group. Despite losing two matches in the premier league they are still in a favorable position and losing to Arsenal is not a prerequisite to see them as not being inform compared to last season and moreover, the leagues are still young so no teams performance can be judged a this early stage of the competition.

Manchester City must still be considered a serious opponent this season, both in the Champions League and in the Premier League because without even key players Manchester City is still able to provide very troublesome resistance to its opponents. Everyone can see how Arsenal won the match against Manchester City in the Premier League, even Arsenal was not able to score more goals in that match so they were only able to win with a few goals. So there is no reason to say that Manchester City is weak because so far Manchester City is still able to create good games in every match.

Manchester City are weak in comparison to last season when they won the league and the Champions League, but this season it is difficult for them to score goals easily since De Bruyne go to injury and I believe that Manchester City will not win the Premier League this season because they are not demonstrating that they can win the league when they play against Brighton, they win the match but struggle to score goals, Manchester City's lack of De Bruyne is causing them to play weak this season, if Manchester United defeats Manchester City this weekend, I will declare Manchester City to have completely lost form, In the Champions League group stage man-city is the best in the group stage because the clubs are weak, they did not join them with any big club in the group stage they have already qualified for the next round.

[Asiska02]

Dortmund, PSG and Milan are teams that have experience in the Champions League compared to Newcastle. Their mentality is good even though they always have difficulty qualifying for the final, but I really think that Newcastle are the underdogs in this group.

The matches played so far has already proven to us that it is not by the experience of the team in the champions league but it is about what they can offer now that will give them an edge over their opponents. If we claim that PSG, Dortmund and Inter Milan that have had a lot of experience in this competition, Newcastle should be sitting on the buttom of the table which they don’t. The group is definitely the most competitive group in the group stage and I think we can’t determine who will qualify from this group just yet, until we see the end of the group stage matches.

Manchester City lost a match against Arsenal in the Premier League so it is not correct to say that Manchester City has weakened a lot in terms of performance. Sometimes bigger teams lose against smaller teams and this is not unusual. Manchester City's performance this season is a little less than last season, maybe because some important players of Manchester City are injured and they could not play any matches for Manchester City this season, but the reserve footballers that Manchester City have are definitely good player. While Manchester City's performance in the Premier League has been a bit slow, their performance in the Champions League has been normal and they will do well in this Champions League season if they improve their performance gradually.

Because Arsenal lost to Manchester City does not mean that Manchester City was a more superior team than Arsenal. If I am to quantify them, I will place them as equal on the same level, so Arsenal is not an underdog team that should be disrespected in this regard. Manchester City have not been that bad in the premier league to my understanding because they are still in the second place on the table which is still okay to me. The players they have injured does not mean that it will weaken their performance while playing without them because they’ve played well and win matches without them present. Their performance in the champions league which you see that they excel more as compared to the premier league can be attributed to the teams they have to face in their group stage games, which are not as tough as the ones in other groups. This has given them an edge ahead of other teams  in the competition.