Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 24. (Read 69391 times)

Actually, Pap is thinking of getting out of this situation, because it is difficult for him to get out with a team condition like this with players who he thinks are lacking to compete, some of the players he relies on are still injured so what can be done is to improve and enjoy whatever the results of the matches they play, we know that Man City was built instantly whatever the final result is like now, so whatever the result must still accept Man City's condition, no matter how depreciated the coach is in facing pressure from fans, he must be physically ready for all of that and make it public food, otherwise emotions will not be controlled.

This will be very difficult for him because Pep really depends on these players and has forgotten that all this will occur, they still have second eleven but tend to forget about them. I think Pep his kind of coach that don't know how to manage players but only shine when he have good players, I respect Pep with a lot of work he doing but if he couldn't raise this team again I will know is not the kind of coach I viewed him. Talking about Rodri, I know is one of the key players that is very important for Pep and the team, and I agree that is absence will reflect but not to this extent, losing 7 matches out of 10 matches played is not good for a team like Manchester City. I see all these records with a team in the relegation zone but for Pep something is wrong.

I think this particular Manchester City team have been very successful for the past 3 to 4 years, and what is currently affecting them now is a bit of fatigue and redundancy on the parts of the key players, like Gundogan which for me, he would have left him in Barcelona, walker is dwindling gradually, while Kevin De Bruyne seem to lose his magic touch on the ball.
Haaland and Doku are still very much in their prime, but Haaland is not just getting those crosses and passes he used to get  because somebody is not doing his Job properly. The team is at it's confused state at the moment and, it's looking like Pep guardiola doesn't know what to come up with at the immediate to help change the situation of things. They will be meeting Manchester united in their next premier league encounter, going by what we are seeing now, I don't mind to give Manchester united a straight win.

The point is Pep Guardiola is too relaxed and feels that Man City can still easily win the title. As a result the carelessness is visible now, Pep may feel that he is in a comfort zone and his squad is the most perfect. Unfortunately bad luck came when Pep had not prepared himself. The club performed badly plus Man City is currently facing 130 demands. I think stress, frustration, and when Pep mentality is out of control will affect his strategy too.

Liverpool look so strong now and they are performing consistently in the Premier League and in the Champions League so their chances this season are huge and I see this as the best chance for Liverpool to get back into the title fight. English representatives for the Champions League are still quite dominant, only Man City may have a small chance to qualify for the next round with the team's condition which is currently in a decline in performance although the opportunity is still quite open if they can perform better in the next match.

Liverpool is leading in the standings and they performed quite well in the previous match and their next match will also face a slightly weaker team so the chance to win the match is very big and there is still enough time to prepare for the next match.

At least Mikel Arteta really didn't disappoint us because he always managed to bring Arsenal into a stable condition even though several key players were injured. Well, currently too many of Arsenal's defenders are injured. But fortunately all of that doesn't seem to have a big impact on this team. Because Arsenal has prepared everything since the start of the season.

Arsenal managed to beat Monaco as expected and I think the score of 3-0 is proof that Arsenal's defensive condition is fine even though many of Arsenal's defenders are absent due to injury.

Arsenal continues with its consistency which makes us always amazed by their coach Arteta who has actually always made this team solid and stable for several seasons. Even though there has been no great achievement from this team, I am sure that one day Arsenal will get it. In the match against Monaco we saw Arsenal win quite easily. Arsenal controlled more of the ball and were also able to apply more pressure and finish attacks very well.

This is different from Manchester City, which is only able to control the ball and create lots of opportunities but can't make good use of them because they always end up completing poor attacks.

Barcelona's victory over Dortmund is worth celebrating because it was a fierce match. Both teams played very well and once again Hansi Flick's team managed to prove that they are really ready to achieve better things this season in the UCL.

Arsenal was expected to win they were the main favorites just didnt expect it to be this large against a team that is really good this year. Dortmund continues to struggle against Spanish teams and lose at home a match that could have sealed them the top 8 positions. While Man City is just awful this season losing to Juventus that this isnt still isnt looking good

Arsenal vs Monaco.

I am glad that this match was won by Arsenal, they defeated Manaco with a fairly large score. Although G Jesus and Martinelli did not get good marks based on statistics, Arsenal's first goal was thanks to an assist from G Jesus. and the best of the Arsenal players was none other than Bukayo Saka, he was able to score 2 goals in this match. It seems that the impact of G Jesus' less than optimal performance was replaced by Kai Havertz, and he was able to lock Arsenal's victory in the 88th minute through an assist from Saka. As a result, Arsenal is now in 3rd place in the qualifying table.

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Dortmund vs Barcelona.

This match seems quite exciting, Hansi Flick's team really pressed high in the first half, unfortunately in the second half the situation turned around, Dortmund dominated possession of the ball. The goal was scored in the 53rd minute through Raphina's shot, unfortunately Guirassy was able to equalize. Barca widened their lead again, but again Dortmund was able to reply.  fortunately, the player who did not have many expectations was able to lock in the victory for Barca, yes Ferran Torres this time deserves appreciation.

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Juventus vs Manchester City.

Funny indeed, I hope City can return to its real performance, but all of that is beyond my expectations, City fell to Juventus. I don't know what will happen in the future with City, what is certain is that Pep must do something so that his team returns to showing its best performance.
of the three matches that are included in my bet with various betting options, only City is really annoying.

Now most people will actually start to avoid betting on Manchester city. because we have really seen how bad they have been this season or in the last few weeks. because at the start of the season Manchester City was actually quite good. But now Manchester City really makes us doubt their performance. The defeat by Juventus was the worst. Although that's not surprising since I even doubted it from the start. But I only predicted a draw and I was wrong because it turned out Manchester City lost.

In contrast to Manchester City, we see Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa making good records in the UCL this season. Aston Villa may be a little inconsistent in the Premier League but in the UCL they are still extraordinary.

I bet for draw match, base on Barcelona will be playing in the home of Dortmund and they have the tactics to withstand Barcelona not to win the match than to make the match to end 1-1, the first half ended draw no goal 0-0,  hoping that the second half will end  2-2 but the two teams attackers started scoring goals to secure victory from the match, but Barcelona score the third goals to win  the match that made many people tickets to cut in that match, congratulations to Barcelona.

Liverpool is leading both the premier league and the champions league and they are doing a lot of amazing things, am surprised to see arsenal at the top but the thing about arsenal is that you might see them at the top but they won't win anything Liverpool is even better because they have always behind arsenal and just this season everything have changed and arsenal is not even near them. And arsenal and Aston villa are doing great and as for Manchester City we don't really have any excuse to give but I just believe that this is not our season and it happens sometimes and we have gotten enough of all this, we are using this period to actually just relax for this season and get back at our feet, we don't need to talk to much we are getting back very soon and sometimes is not about strategy or strength is how fast we are going to recover.

Manchester City continued struggles mean that Pep Guardiola needs to rethink his plan. It is easy to blame individual players like Rodri but looking closer shows that problems are bigger. Pep might be hesitant to change his approach because he believes in it but history shows that even best managers like Jose Mourinho can become less successful if they do not adapt. Now is time for Pep to take step back look again at his tactics and think about making changes to help Manchester City get back on track.

I will equally agree with you regarding Man City performance in this match, it seems there are not getting strong anytime soon. I can't really show or point at their problem because only Rodri his left out of the squad and many are relying on him that is absent is what is causing this down fall for Manchester City. I'm beginning to doubt them because I think even though Rodri is back, I don't think they can improve  because he alone cannot do it. But their is still issues which is left out of public, Pep Guardiola have been with this players for many years which he suppose to know must of their issues and I understand he have solved problems similar to this but it wasn't worst than this and I don't thinks Pep is getting out soon.
Among their two opponents Club Brugge have the chances of make it. I think from now to 22 Jan, man city should have improve, but nothing can be said because even PSG are not in good shape. I have confidence in Man City come back because they are still the players Pep used to achieve all what he's proud of in Premier league. This play-offs will be kind of interesting when the time comes, famous club are still involved. Man City can still survive it.

Despite Dortmund's strong efforts to draw in the 78 minutes of the game, Barcelona managed to win the game. Dortmund has been good at home this season; I expected them to keep Barcelona to a draw throughout the game, but they were unable to sustain the attack and lost. Dortmund has not lost a home game this season, and they even drew with Bayern Munich. They had not lost a Champions League home game since 2021, till they were beaten by Barcelona. Thanks to Hansi Flick, who is doing an amazing job for Barcelona this season.


Maybe we'll see Manchester City at their best in the second half of the season; otherwise, I'm not sure they can comfortably play against any club this season. The Manchester City we saw last season posed a threat to every opponent they faced, but this season is different, no club can fear playing against Manchester City, and they make use of their bad form to score goals. Even a team new to the league this season can comfortably compete with Manchester City and score goals. Well, I'm sure Guardiola's time at Manchester City will not end this season.

What I definitely see when I watch City games is that the players are no longer using the pressure they are used to, their style of play has become similar to all the other teams. I don't know why this is happening, maybe the players are just tired, and I also doubt that the whole problem is only Rodri's absence. By the way, this whole losing streak started exactly when Guardiola signed a new contract with City, just a coincidence?

It also makes sense if Pep wants to change his playing pattern so that their tactics are difficult to read by every opponent who faces them in any match, because currently almost all teams already know the pattern applied by Pep in every match so that it seems like Manchester City has become a weak team because they have only won once in their last ten matches and that has been seen by every rival this season. So I also think it is appropriate to change the playing pattern in order to show newer tactics in all upcoming matches.

Believe me it doesn't seem like he is that comfortable anymore. Did you see him after the Feyenoord game? He literally harmed himself and said it during the post-interview as well.

He isn't happy anymore. He is searching thoroughly for a way to recover. But there is still no progress about it though. With this loss it must be like only 1 win in last 10 games.  

The squad is still great despite the injuries. However there is a big concentration problem. For example the first goal Ederson conceded was also ridiculous yesterday.

Dortmund made me lose my ticket, but the football they played was really great.
I would like to talk about Barcelona in a parenthesis. They conceded a goal with the same tactic, but they never gave up on their plan to stay in line and put the opponent offside. Even though Dortmund fell behind, they did their best to win the match. While trying to score the 3rd goal, the result of making a wrong pass was severe. Even though Ferran Torres lost his position, he hit the ball well and scored a goal.
Barcelona put an end to its recent bad trend with this score.
I think it was the best match of the night and Barcelona won.

We have been wrong about this one, but I was kind of confident that Dortmund could do it. They wouldn't be the stronger team in this game most of the time, but they have their overwhelming counter attacks and they actually always score goals at home. Now that Barcelona was able to score 3 goals is of course difficult to counter for Dortmund regardless of whether or not that game takes place in their home stadium.

The hurdle to overcome in this game for Dortmund was to create chances against Barcelona because they are very good at defending as a whole team beginning with their attackers. That is why Dortmund was able to only create 2 shots on target while Barcelona had 8. With these statistics in mind, it is of course hard to come up with a potential draw in hindsight. With Adayemi in best condition I think Dortmund would have had a chance because their counter attacks are like 5x more dangerous with him as he has incredible pace.