Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 264. (Read 141888 times)

Didn't you know? that thisseason Haaland is still the top scorer in the Premier League and also, Haaland still has the same goal total of 6 goals as the other players at the top scorer list in the Champions League this season. So, basically Haaland is still in good form and not completely bad thisseason. After all, Manchester City is also not just about Haaland because after all, Manchester City also still has other players who are able to score goals for Manchester City matches, and notentirely just about Haaland. Soyes, basically Manchester City is still fine and of course, there is nothing to doubt about the quality of Manchester City, because as long Pep Guardiola is still the manager of Manchester City, then Manchester City still has good quality.

We need learn that the outcome of every game depend on what the coach or the manager tells the players to do, if the formation was to favour Haaland with many assist, he will definitely convert it to chance to make a goal but Guardia is a strategist person, he knows how to change game and that's why he can decide to give opponents attention of a striker and then make a midfielder to score. When they think Haaland is the main character, he change the character silently and give dominance to another player by making sure that he doesn't get ball on him often.

In addition, a player that doesn't play make don't last long, if a player is dependent all the time for assist from people to help him, they don't make a great striker and that's why to date, a player like Messi has never exist, not sure if it's going to even exist because if you are looking for a complete man, you got him right there. I'm not sure if Haaland has scored a goal with free kick since he came to Manchester City.

Arsenal really need to take home advantage maximally to beat Bayern, while they are in good form and high morale. This is their best opportunity to progress the next round, because they will have to stay focus on their title race in Premier League. The second leg is still uncertain, because anything can happen. Pressure, fatigue or even injuries can come anytime to any team. The circumstance in the second leg may not be the same.

This can be a slight advantage for Bayern, because they may have given up their Bundesliga ambition, because it has become almost impossible for them to chase Bayer Leverkusen. While Arsenal have split focus, Tuchel will put extra effort on his only chance to get silverware  in Champions League. He needs to capitalize this situation and boost the confidence of their players who have experience to beat Arsenal. While they have bad performance and potentially failed in Bundesliga, They are still the same players who have capabilities, experiences and strong mentality to performance at the highest level.

Manchester City are active in the title race and they're not giving up losing points for anything, always hitting on different structures based on Pep Guardiola strategies. Manchester City have good players, Erling Haaland is ranked first when it comes to top goals scorer leader board with 19 goals. The Norway international had excellent chances of hitting harder this season but due to the pressure on him towards his opponents, led him reduce his chances of scoring though there's good presence of assists that have lured him to be persuasive for goals.

Arteta efforts to build squad depth were not in vain, Arsenal is now appearing stable in the Premier League and Champions League. With the consistency they are currently creating, it is very natural that Arsenal are favored to win over Bayern Munich. I think their current strength is equivalent to Manchester City, we can see that in their previous matches, while Bayern Munich have experienced several surprising defeats. There is a possibility that Arsenal can advance to the final this season, in fact they are now worthy of being called a team challenging for the title, especially if they are able to eliminate Bayern Munich in the quarter finals.

However, everything will be clear to all of us, how Arsenal will take advantage of the first leg, which in my opinion is in this home match their best chance of winning over Bayern Munich. Tuchel squad will be difficult to beat when playing at the Allianz Arena, even though recently they have often lost to mediocre clubs in the Bundesliga. Arteta and his squad are now in good confidence, the quarter finals will be their toughest test besides the tight competition for trophies in the Premier League at the moment.

There is huge pressure on both teams to win the first leg of the Champions League. Real Madrid are likely favorites to win the first leg because they are playing at home, but I'm not sure they can really get their revenge against Manchester City this season. Manchester City and Real Madrid drew last season at the Bernabeu, so the record may be taken into consideration in making the analysis.

Real Madrid have a solid defense this season, then from that they are also quite stable in midfield and they also have productive attackers. Vinicius, Rodrygo and Bellingham are the 3 strikers who are likely to take part from the first half, but they are not scary players if Pep Guardiola has a solution to anticipate his play. Both teams appear with attacking strategies, but both will also maximize defense. The tension in the match will be very high, but both teams have the same chance of winning the match regardless of Real Madrid playing in front of their fans.

Thanks for bringing me up to date here, didn't have those news on my radar. I was aware that Neuer is having issues and that he didn't play in the Bundesliga, but I don't think it makes much of a difference if Ulreich replaces him. Of course Neuer sometimes has special moments, but Ulreich is not several levels below him. I consider him a very solid goalkeeper that the team can rely upon both in easier and hard games.

Sané is a loss to Bayern, but really only if he is in top shape. He has bad games sporadically and each time I don't understand why a player like him is moving up and down on the performance curve all season long. Coman hasn't been playing a lot as of late, has he? Sometimes I am not too closely following everything, but now that you mention him I think he has been away for a while.

It is going to be a tough game and Arsenal knows that this home game is their big chance. A win is obligatory if they want to reach the next round and Bayern has never been weaker than that this season.

This is a fact that we can see from both teams, so I agree that the Madrid versus Man City match is difficult to predict. It's true that everyone will favorite their respective teams, but for bettors they seem to require a lot of consideration. It is difficult for us to find weaknesses in these two teams, and they also have the complete attributes to beat each other.

Home or away matches may not have a big impact on these two teams, they have a good mentality when under pressure. Madrid is a phenomenal team in the Champions League, their history and achievements will always be a motivation for other teams. But that won't make a difference, because the season has changed and they have to keep fighting hard to be able to do it again.

On the other hand, now the two teams are preparing to face each other in the quarter-finals, with just a few days left we will witness one of the best matches of the season. But speaking of preparation, Madrid has more time than City, this might affect their performance later.

Haven't you noticed that the creativity from last season and this season is completely different? Manchester City are not same like they was last season.
Rhe players who moved out of the club dis not get the perfect replacement for players like Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan who added so much to the creativity of Manchester City.
Even with thr absence of Kevin De Bruyne to Injury, Manchester City played well with these players alongside Phil Foden, Rodri and John Stones.

That has lead to cut in supply of passes for Erling Haaland, even Joào Cancelo was a good supporter but his fall out with Pep Guardiola made him leave with no intentions of returning.
Erling Haaland is good no arguments, but he us not that player that will create chances for himself. Now I see that his comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is dump.

It's going to be a tight game for both teams, they both have the qualities to progress to the next stage but in this case one team has to progress which has to be the best team over the both legs,  the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday might go in favour of  Real Madrid because if the home advantage,the teams will take full advantage of their respective home grounds with the motivation from the fans, Madrid this season has been exceptional as they top their league with a good number of points, but the Same can't be said about Manchester city who are third on the premier league and most take every league match seriously if they are to stand a chance to defend the trophy they won last season,

Talking about The two coaches Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola their head to head record in the knockout stage of the champions league says it all , as Carlos Ancelotti has the upper hand, they are both experienced coaches but I will give it to Madrid based on the present form of the teams , and not to forget Real Madrid are the kings of Europe they just know how to create something out of nothing.

Many people underestimate Manchester City because they only know that Real Madrid is the king of the Champions League with more titles. It seems as if Real Madrid can never be defeated and is invincible to any opponent, but in reality Real Madrid can also fail in many seasons.

The Real Madrid and Manchester City match is very difficult to predict. Both teams have great coaches and are very experienced in the Champions League, they also have players who are ready to give their best for their team. Real Madrid has a good midfielder, Manchester City has one too, and both teams have a good squad to beat each other. Both teams have a good mentality to face any team, so this match will be very difficult. People will support their respective teams regardless of the probability and superiority of the other team.

Haaland since last season in the important round of the UCL until the final it was very difficult to score goals even against strong teams, he found it difficult to find gaps to score goals, it seems his performance was not as good as last season where he could be a goal machine for Manchester City, now it is even more difficult to score goals. I don't know if there is a decline in his performance but Guardiola probably won't always rely on him, Guardiola needs to rotate his players so they can play optimally at home to Madrid later. because I'm sure Madrid will play their best to avenge themselves last season.

I admit that Madrid's strength is quite good this season, they are even at the top of the Laliga domestic league standings at the moment, that's why they are very consistent with the current players and might be a threat to Manchester City too, I predict maybe the result will be a draw unless If Madrid played more aggressively there would of course be a change in the final result, currently Manchester City does not have a good defense against strong teams so it is often easy for opponents to break through.

Real Madrid and Manchester City have the same quality, whether it's the quality of players, the quality of coaches, finances and other factors too. So, you can't say that only Real Madrid has quality players because, inreality, Manchester City also has quality players. With considerations likethat, it is ofcourse difficult to determine the winner in this match between Real Madrid v Manchester City, because these two teams are the two teams that are basically candidates for the Champions League title this season. Eventhough it is true that Manchester City experienced a few bad results in the Premier League but of course, this factor certainly will not make Manchester City weak in the Champions League.Because ofcourse, Pep Guardiola also has a good plan to keep Manchester City playing well in the Champions League this time.

Actually Arsenal is in a good form and such that playing against them should mean to you that you are putting out your very best and nothing less but i don't support the idea of them been feared because the champions league isn't a league of small or weak teams and for any team to have been able to have gotten to this point in the champions league, they shouldn't be seen as been weak because it actually took a lot getting there.

The abundance of experience Bayern Munich has gotten i think exceeds that which Arsenal will definitely have in the bundesliga and that's enough to get Bayern strong enough not to entertain any form of fear before the commencement of the game, they only time there would be a fear is only in the final leg and than Arsenal seem to be leading both by their records from the first leg to their records in the finals then Bayern Munich will then have reasons to fear the fact that they would most definitely get eliminated fr.thw champions league and that alone can actually be converted to strengthen to be able to stand strong against Arsenal.

Bayern Munich Although has not been have a really productive season in the bundesliga but then they have not been any poor at the champions league so they ain't in any way a tem they Arsenal should be expecting to exhibit any form of fear towards because if it we're to be the times Bayern was in their best form i doubt if Arsenal could actually contend because they are definitely not going to have the strength that will be able to stop Bayern Munich at that point in time.

Liverpool had to accept unsatisfactory results after they were held to a draw by Manchester United in Week 31. This draw made them return to 2nd place with the same points as Arsenal, but they still lost in goal productivity. Of course, this was a very disappointing result because they had to lose full points again when they really needed them.

Liverpool could have taken the lead first and they managed to maintain their lead until the first half ended. However, in the second half Manchester United only needed 5 minutes to make the match a draw and 13 minutes later Manchester United turned things around to 2-1. This became very difficult for Liverpool because when they should have won they were behind, but they got a penalty which they managed to convert into a goal. Disappointing for Liverpool, but at least they can still get 1 point from this match.

The competition for the title became very tight after they received a draw. But this is also what we want to see.

Arteta has Arsenal playing like a team that looks like it’s ready to win trophies. I don’t know if they’ll win the CL but I think they’ll be far too strong for Bayern.

I would not be surprised if this 1/4 final is basically over after the 1st leg. I see Arsenal winning this comfortably, Bayern have been crap all season.

Arsenal who will welcome Bayern Munich at home in quite prime condition after they managed to be unbeaten in 7 matches in all competitions, while Bayern Munich actually came with quite bad capital after they lost the opportunity to continue to press Leverkusen in the domestic league, yes Bayern Munich came with 5 wins and 2 consecutive defeats in the league,  The contrast between Arsenal and Bayern Munich is of course obvious, and it is fitting that many of us here see if Arsenal will be able to beat Bayern Munich later in the first leg, but isn't the opposite also possible, it is not impossible if Bayern Munich actually makes Arsenal as an outlet for their revenge for defeat in the league later?

I think even though the two teams are in opposite performances, but I will not try to underestimate Bayern Munich in that game, like a lion injured they will be more dangerous at the moment, I think Arteta should not underestimate Bayern Munich even though Arsenal have upper hand now because after all Bayern Munich can give surprises that Arsenal cannot imagine later even though they play at Emirates Stadium.

Manchester City arrives to this game against Real Madrid in not his best shape or form, in the recent games they were strugling a bit also for example they cant wina gainst Arsenal and against Crystal Palace yesterday they win but dont feel so solid making some mistakes and Haaland is not in his best right now also.

For Ancelotti to be a Champions League experienced coach and for Madrid to be a team with vast experience in the Champions League, I think Real Madrid should have advantage over Manchester City.

Manchester City is not in good shape compared to last season; I am not saying that they are not good, but their team is not as strong as their last season’s team because of little changes they had in the beginning of the season,  now they have players with less Champions League experience in the squad which can be an added advantage to Madrid that have almost all their players as experienced players in the Champions League.

Moreover, Real Madrid will wants to beat Man City to take their revenge of the last season’s victory they had over them in the Champions League. Therefore, anything can happen.

This is a very difficult target, Madrid does have quality players and is ready to face Man City in better conditions. However, the problem is Pep Guardiola strategy often makes things difficult for Ancelotti. Ancelotti is a coach who has experience in the UCL, no doubt about him, but if he can't find the weakness in Guardiola's strategy, when you say that Madrid can win with a big score, I'm not sure about that. Even a 2-0 win is very difficult to achieve. IMO