UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Belarge]

Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

Retaining titles can only be achievable to the elite teams, they have 50/50 probabilities of winning good race without struggling like other random mediocre teams. Winning the title back to back will seems easy for them because they've fall and risen to incredible form. Pep Guardiola presence and stellar performance of the team sends a direct message to their opponents, they should be ready to face the outcomes because they're ever ready to fight to the last end. Manchester City can reclaimed the UCL title this season, they don't need any other thing just consistent performance, it's a straight fight for the team.

[Obari]

After the weak performance we saw from Manchester City when they didn't have some players now everything is clear for us and we know Manchester City is a strong team but only if they have superstar players like Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland because without these players they can't have good performance at all and they will lose even easier games in the premier league however the next game for Manchester City is going to be against Copenhagen and they are not strong enough to beat Manchester City.

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

This is exactly what Pep is trying to do,he is a man that loves to make history,and if he determines to do that,I don't think anybody in the Champions league has the ability to win them except Arsenal.They have their best players back on the field which is Debruyne, Haaland,Rodri and Benardo Silva.
If City can win back this tittle,then I would know that City is really the best team in Europe at the moment,and I also think if he wins this champions league,he will resign from the club.

The team is up again,and can come back to overtake Liverpool and Arsenal in the race for the premier league tittle again this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

Retaining titles can only be achievable to the elite teams, they have 50/50 probabilities of winning good race without struggling like other random mediocre teams. Winning the title back to back will seems easy for them because they've fall and risen to incredible form. Pep Guardiola presence and stellar performance of the team sends a direct message to their opponents, they should be ready to face the outcomes because they're ever ready to fight to the last end. Manchester City can reclaimed the UCL title this season, they don't need any other thing just consistent performance, it's a straight fight for the team.

I praised you when you said that it would be easy for Manchester City to defend the title, that was quite a bold statement for me, because in the Champions League I don't think it is easy to defend the title. with fierce competition filled by the best clubs in Europe, it will be difficult for anyone to defend the title.
However, I agree that Manchester City has a strong foundation, Pep Guardioala has succeeded in forming it since he first came to Manchester City. With that foundation, at least the opportunity for them to defend their title is quite open.
However, we also have to see the improvement of other clubs this season which are also showing good development, Real Madrid with its young players, Inter Milan which looks increasingly ready this season and several other clubs which are also showing good development.

[Josefjix]

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

At the beginning of the season, Manchester City was on fire but something happen to them along the line, they suffered huge loss when most of their key players sustained injuries, we're not talking about just injuries but long term injuries that have repercussions on the performance of the team. For instance, the absence of Kelvin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland really brought in challenges in the team, most of the players couldn't work to the high expectations of the coach and the supporters framed their disappointment in the results recorded. But they're back on track, thrashing their opponents with ease efforts.

[Altryist]

This is exactly what Pep is trying to do,he is a man that loves to make history,and if he determines to do that,I don't think anybody in the Champions league has the ability to win them except Arsenal.They have their best players back on the field which is Debruyne, Haaland,Rodri and Benardo Silva.
If City can win back this tittle,then I would know that City is really the best team in Europe at the moment,and I also think if he wins this champions league,he will resign from the club.

The team is up again,and can come back to overtake Liverpool and Arsenal in the race for the premier league tittle again this season.

Why would Guardiola leave the team if he wins the Champions League? He didn't quit after winning last season, so what's different now? By the way, I don’t think Arsenal’s chances are very high, there are stronger and more stable teams, but City looks very good and their chances are very good. But in any case, it is too early to assess the teams' chances.

[Oluwa-btc]

This is exactly what Pep is trying to do,he is a man that loves to make history,and if he determines to do that,I don't think anybody in the Champions league has the ability to win them except Arsenal.They have their best players back on the field which is Debruyne, Haaland,Rodri and Benardo Silva.
If City can win back this tittle,then I would know that City is really the best team in Europe at the moment,and I also think if he wins this champions league,he will resign from the club.

The team is up again,and can come back to overtake Liverpool and Arsenal in the race for the premier league tittle again this season.

I can believe I just read how Arsenal would be only club capable of beating Manchester City in the Champions League. Lemme guess, maybe you want engagement or you said all that for engagement? Lol
Arsenal should try to beat Porto successfully in the Champions League knockouts stage, then we cannsee how serious they can be there before we start discussing how they could be possible winners of Manchester City when they beat City and Madrid lol.

The entire squad Pep Guardiola too strong, the first team and second team.are capable of doing damages to whoever and whenever they meet them.
From the defenders to midfielder's, Pep Guardiola off course hasba strong squad.

[Egii Nna]

After the weak performance we saw from Manchester City when they didn't have some players now everything is clear for us and we know Manchester City is a strong team but only if they have superstar players like Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland because without these players they can't have good performance at all and they will lose even easier games in the premier league however the next game for Manchester City is going to be against Copenhagen and they are not strong enough to beat Manchester City.

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

The weakness seen in Manchester City is just from their plan of game and performance of the players because almost all of their key players are always injured, and we all know that players like Kelvin De Bruyne and Haaland are like the backbone of the team. Manchester City is supposed to have a plan B always, although I know they can be capable of winning the next match because they are stronger than Copenhagen, but still, more matches come with stronger teams, so if they don’t act fast, I don’t think they can be able to fulfil their dream of winning the UEFA Champions League title, which might somehow be so hard for them.

[indah rezqi]

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Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

The weakness seen in Manchester City is just from their plan of game and performance of the players because almost all of their key players are always injured, and we all know that players like Kelvin De Bruyne and Haaland are like the backbone of the team. Manchester City is supposed to have a plan B always, although I know they can be capable of winning the next match because they are stronger than Copenhagen, but still, more matches come with stronger teams, so if they don’t act fast, I don’t think they can be able to fulfil their dream of winning the UEFA Champions League title, which might somehow be so hard for them.

I think there will always be challenges in football, and I'm sure Manchester City can overcome them well, because the Pep Guardiola factor is still with them on the sidelines. When Pep had to rack his brains to experiment in determining his starting XI, I think Pep is one of the best at the moment. A storm of injuries can hit any team, it will certainly affect the team chances of winning trophies, but in my opinion, Pep with his wealth of experience, is likely to be able to keep Man City stable. Copenhagen is not an equal opponent for Man City, and we will check Man City chances once they are in the quarter-finals.

The journey to winning the Champions League trophy is not easy, Man City is not the only one who will experience this, all contestants will face the challenges and difficulties that lie ahead. There are endless possibilities in the future, such as Man City winning the trophy again for the second time in a row. In my opinion, as long as Pep is still with Man City, betting on their victory will be quite safe, their chances of winning in every competition they participate in are still quite high, regardless of who they will face.

[tusandii]

When Haaland is back in shape and this is something that Manchester City's opponents are very afraid of. Haaland is Manchester City goal machine, he can score goals in a narrow space and is an advantage for Manchester City because several core players will recover when they play the match in the round of 16. looking at the opponents facing Manchester City, of course I think Manchester City can easily win.

The only remaining representatives from the Premier League in the Champions League are Arsenal and Manchester City after Manchester United and Newcastle United were eliminated in the group phase. For that reason, I think both Arsenal and Manchester City will be able to get past the round of 16. For Arsenal, they will face Porto and this will be a tough match for them because Porto often makes it difficult for their opponents to win. but with Arsenal's squad being so strong this season, of course their chances of winning this match are greater.

It cannot be denied that Haaland's influence on Manchester City's front line is quite large and I see that the two Manchester City players Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne are the players who have the biggest role and the two of them will be able to play together again to strengthen the team in the near future, of course with This will make the Manchester City team stronger.

Despite everything that has happened, basically Manchester City is a team that is quite respected on the UCL stage this season and is even a team that is quite a favorite to defend the title this season.

Yes, of course the roles of Haaland and De Bruyne are very important. We can see from the match at that time when De Bruyne had not yet recovered from injury and Haaland had just suffered an injury so that Manchester City's performance dropped drastically, being moved from first position in the Premier League points table and of course this will affecting performance in the champions league if Haaland does not return soon.
One clear proof that when De Bruyne returned to the field, Manchester City's performance improved again and they were able to catch up with the points difference.

After the arrival of Haaland and the presence of De Bruyne, Manchester City was really respected, but before Haaland there was still Real Madrid who had Benzema in the past but this season seems to be different because Manchester City chance of getting another title in the Champions League are very big and I am sure When the Champions League matches start again, Haaland will be ready to appear again with Manchester City.

[tiCeR]

I think there will always be challenges in football, and I'm sure Manchester City can overcome them well, because the Pep Guardiola factor is still with them on the sidelines. When Pep had to rack his brains to experiment in determining his starting XI, I think Pep is one of the best at the moment. A storm of injuries can hit any team, it will certainly affect the team chances of winning trophies, but in my opinion, Pep with his wealth of experience, is likely to be able to keep Man City stable. Copenhagen is not an equal opponent for Man City, and we will check Man City chances once they are in the quarter-finals.

The journey to winning the Champions League trophy is not easy, Man City is not the only one who will experience this, all contestants will face the challenges and difficulties that lie ahead. There are endless possibilities in the future, such as Man City winning the trophy again for the second time in a row. In my opinion, as long as Pep is still with Man City, betting on their victory will be quite safe, their chances of winning in every competition they participate in are still quite high, regardless of who they will face.

This is all true about the Guardiola factor, but it can't be denied or ignored that Manchester City has won the Champions League only once so far despite the Guardiola factor. There are some other laws at work in that competition. When Real Madrid won those three titles in a row, I think everyone was able to discern that so many details have to come true and last but not least luck has to be on your side in order to win the Champions League title. If it was more about the Guardiola factor, I guess Bayern Munich could and should have won a title and Manchester City might have more than one.

[kawetsriyanto]

This is exactly what Pep is trying to do,he is a man that loves to make history,and if he determines to do that,I don't think anybody in the Champions league has the ability to win them except Arsenal.

Are you trying to say Arsenal is the only team that has the ability to defeat Man City?  
Man, I even assume if Arsenal has no chance to win Man City in UCL. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are 2 teams that possibly defeat Man City. Guardiola is easy to understand how to deal with Arsenal because they are in the same league (EPL). Guardiola must be very often to analyze the weakness of Arsenal. But for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, it won't be easy to know the weakness of these teams. They are 2 specialist teams to win the matches in UCL, they also have strong squads, and they are in the different leagues.

They have their best players back on the field which is Debruyne, Haaland,Rodri and Benardo Silva.
If City can win back this tittle,then I would know that City is really the best team in Europe at the moment,and I also think if he wins this champions league,he will resign from the club.

Man City has everything to win again UCL title this season. They have strong players, they have an experienced coach. Some players ever got injured, but they have recovered now and ready to give their best performances. If Man City plays with a full team, Man City will be superior against any team in UCL.

There is no reason that Pep Guardiola to leave Man City. Moreover, if Pep Guardiola wins again some prestigious trophies, he probably will have a contract extension in 2025. Winning UCL isn't the reason to leave, it is even the reason to stay longer. Man City will appreciate his achievement by extending his contract for more years.

[Jegileman]

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

Manchester City still remains one of the favourites to win the champions league this season. With their key players back from injury it will only make their game more intense and will have higher probability of winning more matches. At the moment their next encounter isn’t a very competitive team that will make their qualification to the next round hard for them. Pep Guardiola still have his teams very much ready for this competition and they look very confident to face any team now.

I see their next encounter against Copenhagen to be very easy for them to win until we see the next team they will meet in the quarterfinals to test their strength more as the defending champions.  I hope they don’t get more injuries going further in the competition which is very much inevitable as long as they are still in the competition. They have the full squad and also good substitutes which I think an injury won’t be a very big problem to stop them for now.

[puloweh555]

I tried checking with one of the bookies, for Inter Milan's favorite first match and it can be understood because this is a home match for Inter Milan which will be maximized well to make their steps in the second match easier, and Inter Milan gets odds around @ 1.94 and Atletico Madrid around @4.00 with a draw @3.20 and usually it will change although there won't be much change and the favorite team is still Inter Milan.
My prediction is that this will be a match where Inter Milan wins, but the question is how many goals will they score? if they only win 1-0 then that will make Inter Milan the team that is under pressure in the second match, Inter Milan must win with at least a goal difference of 2 and more than that is better because in the second match Atletico will be the team that is under pressure because they are quite far behind by a goal.

IMO, there will not be a lot of goals to happen in this match. Atletico madrid was aware if it will be playing away at the first game. It means that if diego simeone will not be taking the risk to play offensively against intermilan or it will be a suicide way for intermilan. Atletico madrid is going to play defensively and this will make intermilan struggle to beat it.
I would prefer to take a double chance for this match. Intermilan's odds are pretty good though but im not sure if this club will able to win the game easily against atletico madrid. it seemed to me that if draw is likely to happen too.

Despite finishing as the runner up last season, Inter Milan's performance has been impressive. Therefore, I must admit that predicting the outcome of this match is extremely challenging.

Like I bet like the advice you gave, bet on multiple choices and of course Inter Milan will win in this first leg because they are playing at home. Apart from that, Inter Milan has also appeared very impressive so far, they have a solid defense and terrible attackers up front.

Even if I wanted to bet on total goals, I would take it under 2.5, the reason might be that both teams have a solid defense, especially as Diego Simeone understands very well that playing away is very risky if you play openly. I think Diego Simeone's strategy in this match will be to play defense only by relying on counter attacks and in the second leg Diego Simeone will use an attacking strategy. Maybe Simon's target in this match is at least to be able to withstand the onslaught of Inter Milan.

[Marvell1]

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

Manchester City still remains one of the favourites to win the champions league this season. With their key players back from injury it will only make their game more intense and will have higher probability of winning more matches. At the moment their next encounter isn’t a very competitive team that will make their qualification to the next round hard for them. Pep Guardiola still have his teams very much ready for this competition and they look very confident to face any team now.

I see their next encounter against Copenhagen to be very easy for them to win until we see the next team they will meet in the quarterfinals to test their strength more as the defending champions.  I hope they don’t get more injuries going further in the competition which is very much inevitable as long as they are still in the competition. They have the full squad and also good substitutes which I think an injury won’t be a very big problem to stop them for now.

Copenhagen is not a strong opponent for a big team like Manchester City. City are definitely favorites in this match. But there's no underestimating the Copenhagen team. Because the Copenhagen team qualified for the round of 16 after beating Galatasaray and Manchester United in the group stage.

Manchester City will likely get Haaland and De Bruyne together in this match. And if these two players perform well, it will not be a difficult task for the City players to break the defense of a team like Copenhagen. Barring any accidents and injury to any of City's key players, City are most likely to win. There is a slim chance of the match being a draw. But I would say 75% chance of City winning, 20% chance of the match being a draw. And City's probability of defeat is 5%.

[hahay]

After the weak performance we saw from Manchester City when they didn't have some players now everything is clear for us and we know Manchester City is a strong team but only if they have superstar players like Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland because without these players they can't have good performance at all and they will lose even easier games in the premier league however the next game for Manchester City is going to be against Copenhagen and they are not strong enough to beat Manchester City.

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

At least, if Bruyne and Haaland don't suffer any more injuries for the remainder of this season then of course, Manchester City will have the ability and a good chance to return to play in the final match of the Champions League this season. Moreover, playing against Copenhagen, at least on paper, Manchester City still has a guarantee of winning even without Bruyne and also without Haaland. Because yes, I think it is clear that Manchester City has above average quality and is still having a good trend at this moment, so of course it will make it difficult for Copenhagen to make a surprise in the round of 16 match against Manchester City.

[Davian144]

Why would Guardiola leave the team if he wins the Champions League? He didn't quit after winning last season, so what's different now? By the way, I don’t think Arsenal’s chances are very high, there are stronger and more stable teams, but City looks very good and their chances are very good. But in any case, it is too early to assess the teams' chances.

I think what you say is quite correct, because now all teams still have the same number of opportunities to achieve better results in the Champions League so it is clearly still quite early to assess the chances specifically for one of the teams in the Champions League. Likewise with the Guardiola rumors that you said, I don't think Guardiola will immediately leave the Manchester City team if the team he trains can again successfully win the Champions League trophy this season.

[Weawant]

Retaining titles can only be achievable to the elite teams, they have 50/50 probabilities of winning good race without struggling like other random mediocre teams. Winning the title back to back will seems easy for them because they've fall and risen to incredible form. Pep Guardiola presence and stellar performance of the team sends a direct message to their opponents, they should be ready to face the outcomes because they're ever ready to fight to the last end. Manchester City can reclaimed the UCL title this season, they don't need any other thing just consistent performance, it's a straight fight for the team.

Other mediocre teams only win league titles less frequently and if they do it's just once in awhile so it's very likely they will lack that ability to maintain such record of getting it in a roll , a time or two luck is very possible, it difficult to maintain such records in a roll with mediocre teams because they lack the consistency and strength to do such.

A typical example is in the french league a season a go PSG the elite failed to win the league and the winners then can't retain the title again. Manchester city have the ability to defend a title because they are an elite team and with them it's something they have done so the experience to be able to repeat it again and this season if not for Liverpool it's very likely they will be winning the premier league title for the second time in a roll but then let's hope Liverpool doesn't stop them just yet because Liverpool is doing so well in a good for and Salah is back to training already.

[QueenVera]

Although Inter Milan is the favourite for the first leg match but i will considers both teams is equal because their performance at domestic league were very impressive although Inter Milan is slightly better but basically Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid has stable performance and during group stages both teams too were qualified with unbeatable status but Atletico Madrid gets 4 wins from 6 matches which make they can able to finish at first place and the current status for them is dark horses teams so although Inter Milan is the finalist from last season but the bookmakers didn't placing them as strong contender for the title

Atletico Madrid has Antoine Griezmann who very sharp in champion league because Griezmann is Atletico Madrid top scorer in this competition with 5 goals and their opponent Inter Milan has Lautaro Martinez who very productive in Serie A because Martinez is the top scorer in that competition with 19 goals and i have to says it is very hard to predict the outcomes of this match because whether it Inter Milan or Atletico Madrid has good squad but both teams had similar conditions that their defense is very good so my predictions is whoever the winner of this match it will ended with narrow scores and indeed if Inter Milan can being an the winner of this match then their journey to the quarterfinal will be more easy

Inter Milan vs Athletico Madrid match is one match that’ll be a tensed one as both team have very good qualities that’ll help them progress. From the group stage, you can see that both teams were unbeaten in their run to this knockout phase. KThey both have sharp and quality attackers who could help get the goals when they’re called upon and yes their defense line are both tight and very organized. The winner of this match is kinda hard to predict especially after checking the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams.

 Well I think it’ll be great to see both teams fight it out on the pitch and it’ll be fun to watch. Well the match will be evenly tensed and the scoreline between both teams won’t be much a difference. Though I’m still going to bank on inter milan to win this match and get past this stage of the competition. Well Inter Milan will want to fight more for this competition so as to sail through to the other phase and maybe pose a title challenge.

[baeva]

Player injuries are inevitable, Manchester City managed to show who they are after getting through a bad period due to injuries to several key players. Now that all their mainstay players are ready to play, Manchester City immediately showed their opponents that they cannot be underestimated.
Pep Guardiola feels calmer when De Bruyne and Haaland can be played simultaneously, it is easier for Manchester City to win when this deadly duo collaborates on the pitch. Manchester City is trying to win back-to-back UCL titles, the possibility of retaining the title is very high with consistent performance.

Manchester City still remains one of the favourites to win the champions league this season. With their key players back from injury it will only make their game more intense and will have higher probability of winning more matches. At the moment their next encounter isn’t a very competitive team that will make their qualification to the next round hard for them. Pep Guardiola still have his teams very much ready for this competition and they look very confident to face any team now.

I see their next encounter against Copenhagen to be very easy for them to win until we see the next team they will meet in the quarterfinals to test their strength more as the defending champions.  I hope they don’t get more injuries going further in the competition which is very much inevitable as long as they are still in the competition. They have the full squad and also good substitutes which I think an injury won’t be a very big problem to stop them for now.

Copenhagen is not a strong opponent for a big team like Manchester City. City are definitely favorites in this match. But there's no underestimating the Copenhagen team. Because the Copenhagen team qualified for the round of 16 after beating Galatasaray and Manchester United in the group stage.

Manchester City will likely get Haaland and De Bruyne together in this match. And if these two players perform well, it will not be a difficult task for the City players to break the defense of a team like Copenhagen. Barring any accidents and injury to any of City's key players, City are most likely to win. There is a slim chance of the match being a draw. But I would say 75% chance of City winning, 20% chance of the match being a draw. And City's probability of defeat is 5%.

It's not nice to downplay Copenhagen's achievements, but let's face it, they beat MU who had exactly nothing to show for their Champions League matches, we all remember that. The same can be said about Galatsaray. The only indicator is that they drew with Bayern, but even then I would not attribute it to achievements.

Therefore, what many people think about a possible defeat against Manchester City is quite an adequate reaction and expectation

[Velvet78]

Copenhagen may not be a difficult opponent for Manchester City, but Copenhagen could make it difficult for Manchester City to win in the first leg, Copenhagen always has a surprise for that, why can they qualify as runners up in Group A, I don't doubt Manchester City's ability but they You have to be careful with Copenhagen, who always play full of surprises, they could make things difficult, so Guardiola must be able to field all his key players to be able to win in the first leg.

At least for the meeting in the first leg, Manchester City was able to score more than 3 goals to keep their position safe, but talking about the UCL title race this season is not an easy matter because Munich and Madrid are quite taken into account in this competition, even though it may be as we think. I know that Manchester City remains the strongest club at the moment, especially since KDB's return has made it possible for Haaland to get assists that can make him a goal machine. I think Manchester City will reach the final and hopefully they won't meet Madrid except in the UCL final.  

The things I can say about Copenhagen is that they really surprised people in the group stage first of all. Their resistance and the way they play in offense were really worth watching. They played fearlessly against even Bayern Munich and stole a point in one of those games against them as well. 

However there has been a really long time period passed since the end of the group stage. It is really difficult to predict such weaker teams on paper. If they can't keep up the same ambition then it would be really difficult to resist Manchester City even in Copenhagen.