That is, in your opinion, in order for Borussia to be on an equal footing with Chelsea, they should have been in their group in first place (beating City)?
I think Chelsea are a little stronger than Borussia, but not much. And when I compare the results of the teams in the group stage, I take into account the strengths of the opponents.
If Chelsea was to be in the same group with Manchester City, what are the chances that Chelsea will survive from the group?
I don't believe that Chelsea is stronger than Dortmund especially in the Champions League, Chelsea I know is really struggling since the season started right from their former coach Thomas to their present coach Porter things has never been stable for Chelsea. We are just hoping for a better February 2023 for Chelsea to perform excellently well when their injured players return.
This is the age-old problem of choosing between two "weak" teams. Chelsea are bad, but look at Borussia in the Bundesliga - they still have the same clown games where good play alternates with disgusting. And if we compare the position of the teams in the national championships, we have to take into account the level of competition - Borussia competes with weaker teams but is still bad. That's why I rate Chelsea as a stronger team.
Better in what? Compare the PSG group and the Bayern group and note that Bayern finished in first place and PSG in second. In the national championships, they performed about the same (even if Bayern had a slight decline) - in any case, this is not an indicator, since it is difficult to understand something from the games in the farm league.
Bayern were struggling in Bundesliga too, don't forget about that, and since I'm predicting PSG to win the Champions league since the season started, I would say that they will qualify for sure, I'm confident about PSG to beat Bayern Munich, PSG this year are different, you can say that they are playing in the "farmers league" but they are playing differently as a team, the trio of Mbappe, Neymar and Messi are on fire, I don't think Bayer Munich's defense can stop them if they be in a good form.
You can't read or what? How can you explain PSG's result in a group where they couldn't even beat Benfica? And if we talk about those who are "on fire", then I would name Haaland, but not Mbappe or Neymar - they have normal indicators for the farm league, not outstanding.