Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 23. (Read 69394 times)

Three goals without reply was unexpected when Arsenal faced a strong team from France, AS Monaco. and although in this match AS Monaco managed to press Arsenal's defense at the beginning of the match, they were unable to maximize the opportunities they got, and in the second half AS Monaco players actually made blunders by playing around in the defense area. Likewise with Arsenal, although in this match they were able to win with a score of 3-0, but they had quite a lot of golden opportunities to score more goals, but unfortunately they were unable to maximize those opportunities.


something unexpected, when the team that was initially favored to be able to qualify for the last 16, they actually experienced a series of surprising defeats, and even the team had to fight hard to stay in the top 24 in order to maintain their hopes of qualifying for the last 16. The last few weeks Manchester City managed to rise from defeat when they won a landslide victory over Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League, but in fact Manchester City did not fully rise from their slump, where in the next match they had to be held to a draw by Crystal Palace, and now they also had to lose a landslide to Juventus. So Guardiola not only has to find a way to restore Manchester City's performance on the field, but Guardiola also has to find a new formula to maintain Manchester City's consistency in every match.

How is Guardiola relaxed about the situation of the team? even in his reactions when they lose a game you can tell that Pep Guardiola is not happy with the state of Manchester city currently. Or should he enter the pitch and play before we will know that Pep is trying his best to make the team work but it just looks like everything he's doing to improve the team is not working. It's unfortunate that Pep Guardiola is experiencing this tough time with the club because it doesn't make so much sense seeing the coach unhappy at this moment after all the successes he achieved for the team.



There is something about Arsenal which is, whenever they are good form, they can win any opponents that comes their way and whenever they are also not in form, they don't have confidence of winning even when the meet a smaller club. On a normal assessment, Monaco cannot even measure themselves with Arsenal because they are far above them, so the win was expected.

Arsenal climbing to the third position is not bad even though from the 8th position to the third position are sharing 13 points each, but Arsenal have the highest in goal difference. Arsenal always tries their best in the Champions group stages but their problems mostly surfaces when they have advanced to the next round but hopefully we will see something different from the team this season.

And indeed, Barcelona did actually won the game just as predicted yesterday against Dortmund with 3 goals to 2, which was quite impressive, seeing both clubs struggle in the second half who to emerge winner, of which Barcelona is currently ranked 2nd in the Champions league table with 15 points, and as such yesterday's game against Dortmund will be making it the third straight Champions league matches Barcelona has played in the past 30days and won all with goal margin of Over 2.5 to 4.5. which means they has a high goal scoring chances when it comes to champions league games. And likewise are we to expect nothing less but Over 2.5 in their forthcoming game to be played with Leganes on 15th December 2024.

Pep Guadiola knows that the English Premier League is not a child's play so I don't think he is relaxed. Manchester City managed to win the EPL for two season because Arsenal lost few points close to the end of the seasons. The point is that he can't still be using the same players and strategy for these years and expect different results.
Some of these players are old and others have lost form, the team needs to introduce new legs. Other coaches might have also discovered the secrets of Pep's winning pattern. They might have learned how to tactically outsmart him. Nothing lasts forever, even great kingdoms become powerless after some years. So it's not strange that City is crumbling.

Do you even think pep Guardiola is relaxed? Why do you think Pep Guardiola is careless or relaxed? From the way Manchester City is playing, it’s obvious that Pep Guardiola is doing everything possible just to improve the club's performance, but the issue is that things are not really working for him. Pep Guardiola has tried different strategies, but it’s not just working, and the club’s performance just keeps on getting worse. I don’t really know how Pep Guardiola is going to improve the club's performance, but with the way Manchester City is playing, they won’t be able to achieve anything this season.

Arsenal could win very comfortably when hosting Monaco, they scored 3 goals and were able to achieve a clean sheet as well, that was a good thing they could get in this match.
This victory did not really surprise me, because previously I also predicted that Arsenal could beat Monaco, although in terms of score I did not think it would be 3 goals without reply. Actually Monaco was not bad in this game, but the gaps they left in the defense line could be utilized very well by Arsenal players. It also seems like this is the result of the pressure they get, because it is not easy to play in front of opposing supporters who will indirectly put pressure on them.

Many people thought this match would be competitive. Because Monaco had lost only one match in the first 5 matches. So many people expected Arsenal vs Monaco match to be a tough match for Arsenal but my guess was Arsenal would dominate the match and win. And in the end Arsenal won the match by a big margin of 3-0.

Monaco had probably lost only one match in the last 5 matches. However, Monaco's opponents were relatively weak teams. So it was relatively easy for Monaco to get points. However, Monaco failed to win against Arsenal and Benfica in the last two matches. With this win, Arsenal is now in third place in the points table.

The victory over Nottingham in the previous EPL match has not been the beginning of their revival, although the victory in the EPL actually gives us a lot of hope to see Manchester City get better again including in the UCL, but instead the defeat to Juventus gives us a sign if Guardiola's squad is still unable to rise for now.

Recruiting new players is certainly a step that must be taken by Guardiola in January later, but for now I think Guardiola must be able to take advantage of existing resources to not make Manchester City even worse, looking for a solid and creative defensive midfielder to replace Rodri they must do although it may be difficult to find a player of Rodri calibre in January market, while Arsenal, I think only one of their current shortcomings is not having a  central striker which dangerous and can reliable in crucial matches so far.

Fan fact Since every win is around 3 mil euro.
Liverpool so far already earned almost 18  mil euro from this Champions league as prizes without counting the money from the stadium.

We still have to see Manchester City vs PSG and we have 2 games left and both teams are in very delicate situation.

If one of these 2 teams will win the direct game the other one will be a risk to not qualify for the playoff

In EPL, they're out of the title race. It's obvious to watch the sudden downfall of the Citizens, they couldn't mount pressure on winning and defeats becomes their secondary game outcomes, how do Manchester City fans cope with the current development of the club? Pretty worsen as the weeks passes by. Pep Guardiola must be thinking crucially because his team is gradually falling apart. Nothing seems to be working with the current status of the team, City are far behind and the odds of winning the EPL title have reduced massively. They couldn't compressed the chances given to them. It definitely something to worry about because Manchester City is now some random team that records defeats consecutively. What was your expectations on Manchester City facing Juventus in yesterday's UCL game? The Citizens couldn't withstand the pressing forces of Biaconeri because they're unstable when it involves elite matches.

Manches City is always disappointing its bettors, and that sucks. I officially retire from picking this crap as my bet. I won't do that again until they show a promising performance in the coming weeks. Their won against Forest contributed nothing to their morale. They played even badly against Juventus.

They rarely win at home and away. They also kept lose points every competitions. They always find it hard to score, but easy to conceded. At this point, they should be seriously concerned about their chance to qualify.

It's also Pep's mistake to sold many of its young. talents, which are fully developed. They're cooked now.

A 2-0 defeat is definitely a surprising result, because I didn't think Manchester City would have such a bad result. Maybe, if they lost, at least the score would only have a one-goal gap, but Manchester City actually lost by 2-0. Though in reality, Juventus has also not been very good so far this season and thus, I also could not think that Juventus would be able to beat Manchester City with such an excellent score. Maybe, if wasn't Pep Guardiola who was in the Manchester City coaching chair, it seemed like Manchester City had fired the coach. But yes, because Manchester City's head coach is Pep Guardiola, then of course Manchester City will still entrust the process to Pep Guardiola despite the fact that at this moment I think Manchester City is in a bad situation and condition.

I like Juventus but I think they are not in the best form at the moment, all I can say good about them is that they can play well in defense, but it does not always happen. I don't know what is happening with City, but their defense is just terrible, and if Guardiola decided to change the strategy to change something then I think it is also not the best decision, because before everything worked well for them, the only thing that changed was the absence of Rodri, but one player cannot influence the whole model of the game so much, that without him the whole game collapses. Rodri can return in the second half of this season, but if City continue to lose, then I admit that Guardiola can be sacked (I never thought this could happen).

Manchester City drop in confidence will continue further because it looks obvious to them now that they have no chance to win any title in the Champions League this season and the Premier League also looks to be drifting away already. Manchester City's next Champions League game is on the 22nd of January next year, and that is enough time for Pep Guardiola to have fixed the challenges with his team as the transfer window will be open before then. Teams Like Arsenal also need to be very active in the coming transfer window because they also need players if they will stand a chance to move further in the Champions League in January.

Bitter taste, that's what the Coach and Manchester City players are experiencing at the moment, it is very unfortunate that Manchester City had to swallow their seventh defeat in the last ten matches, this defeat made Machester City's situation even worse, this is certainly very worrying, things will get worse if Manchester City do not immediately get up to win the remaining matches.

A good look at the tactical approach of Pep Guardiola in the Manchester City game at Juventus last night will tell you that the Manchester City manager was out of idea on what to do which was why he decided to try something new in his bid to get a result.  That said, you don't experiment new tactics in the UEFA Champions League against a top team like Juventus and expect not to be beaten. As soon as I saw that Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis was played out of position, I concluded that it was going to be a win for the home team.
Pep Guardiola with all his experience have currently ran out ideas and the earlier he sticks to what used to work for him the better for the club

Manchester City's performance reminds me of Manchester United's performance. Despite being such a strong team, Manchester City is regularly defeated in the Premier League and Champions League. Manchester City faced Juventus in an important match of the Champions League where Manchester City was naturally the favorite team in this match but this team could not resist against Juventus.  

A 2-0 defeat in an important match like the Champions League is definitely a big defeat. At least I expected Manchester City to win against Juventus and they will come back strong in the competition but I guess wrong. Didn't have full confidence in Manchester City which is why I only watched this Champions League match but I didn't bet on any team in this match.

Unlike other coaches who can still make a non active players become active but is not in Pep Guardiola coaching style because he always stand when he has all his players completely on there perfect fit, so what he is seeing now is not something he is use to, so managing it now is becoming a serious problem for him, and since his arrival in Manchester City I think this is the first time this is happening to them, however for some coaches who has been moving from one poor clubs to another are the ones that can make Manchester City stand again if they are to coach them, Juventus has suddenly become a champion over Manchester City with 2:0, soon clubs like wolves will start wining Manchester City also.

The bad episode continues. I thought Man City had found their revival moment after winning 3-0 against Nottingham in the Premier League but after that, they got 2 consecutive defeats, so the victory was only a temporary consolation. I wonder how frustrated Guardiola is now because this is the first time he has experienced defeat after defeat and it seems he can't find a solution yet. I think he should really sign some players because that's the only option left.

I don't think so, how do you say for some one struggling with many injury cases and trying to find his way around it is relaxed,last season he was hit with almost similar experience where Kevin de bruyn didn't play fo a long time and now it's rodri one of his best, it's a whole lot for him it's just that hes been at his stage for the longest so it appears like he's reluctant. A whole lot is going on with that tema and I wouldn't be surprised to think that it's got a psychological effect on the team which by extension has affected their results, if they get all settled, sooner they get better.