Seeing how Madrid playing situation in La Liga is quite apprehensive, the crushing defeat to Real Sociedad seems to be a reflection of their lack of enthusiasm for playing. It is possible that this position will be taken over by Atletico Madrid. Speaking in the Champions League, of course the opponents they face are much stronger, so Madrid hopes of winning the trophy again will be difficult this season. Even though we know Madrid is used to playing in the UCL, that doesn't mean they can feel completely safe. Man City's thirst for trophies is driven by players who are increasingly solid, and very supportive to win matches well.
Things like that don't affect the Champions League even though they lost in the domestic league but we have to be aware of what condition their players were in when they played yesterday.
I think even though this has had a bit of an impact, it still doesn't prove anything as long as these two teams haven't met yet.
Madrid's condition in players, especially for those who are injured, must be optimized so that they can return fit when they meet Manchester City later because in this case the role of players is also very vital in this match.
Manchester City played like it is their last match and Haaland play like a wild animal, I don't think there is anything that will stop him from scoring goals but hopefully, the usual formation of Real Madrid win them this first-leg, Vinicius, Rodrigo, and Benzema has a lot of work to do in 3 days to go.
This depends on whether the supply to him is good or not because indeed if the ball supply to Haaland is hampered this will obviously be very good for Madrid.
Now Ancelotti has to rack his brains on how they tame Manchester City's midfield and wings because indeed this is something that can prevent Haaland from creating goals. This is definitely not easy especially when Modric wasn't there for the first leg.