Arsenal have actually been doing pretty good even in times Jesus wasn't able to score any goal. They went on winning by having productive matches in the English Premier League for example. Jesus hasn't been scoring a single goal in all tournaments since October 1. This must have affected his self-confidence in a bad way as well. Now this long running injury is even worse for him.
Arsenal can still go for a temporary striker in January of course. They will have only Nketiah as natural striker in the squad while Jesus is injured. They can secure themselves by doing this. Because if Nketiah also gets injured they would be in trouble.
In any case, Manchester United was not lucky with the draw against Barcelona. But Ten Hagwill also see this as a sporting challenge. In any case, they can eliminate at least 1 title competitor by beating Barcelona. I think it's a game that will go 50-50. The winner of this duel has a good chance to reach the final. To say that the winner is immediately title favorite, that is not. There are still too many good teams left for that. Juventus also wants to show how well it can still play. And what about Arsenal?
I'm also feeling like both teams in the Barcelona vs Manchester United matchup have a 50% chance for next stage. These teams are among the title contenders above all else. On paper, Barcelona are favoured for advancing to next stage maybe but things haven't been going very well for Barcelona in European tournaments like this recently. Their bad performance still persists in this season as well.
If they don't make an improvement in this performance then Manchester United can balance the game in both matches easily. January transfer window can also play a role in determining the winner of this matchup.
I don't see manchester united as a candidate to win the europa league, given the bad form of manchester united i don't see them reaching the final and being champions, there are still great teams like arsenal, barcelona, juventus and so many others that have a better chance of winning the europe league, we'll see how manchester united will do against barcelona, they've been betting a lot on having good defense, but in these friendly games manchester united didn't do well in defense maybe it's because their main players were in the world cup, maybe be a good argument to justify these bad results. but I don't particularly see manchester united as a team that will reach the final of the europe league
In width, the EL has become stronger this season compared to last season. And then you also have a few remarkable matches with the current draw. It's a pity that a few good clubs are going to die now, but it gives the lesser teams the opportunity to move on to the next round. Last year the final in the EL was certainly not stronger than the one in the CL, that will be different this year. I can't even remember if Barcelona ever won the EL because they always play CL usually?
This season even looks almost the same if a comparison is made in terms of the teams that entered in these two competitions. This season's European League has matches that will be very interesting because several teams that failed in the Champions League have already gone down to the Europa League. However, that does not mean that in the Champions League there are no good and strong teams that will compete this season, because several teams that still look strong this season are still there.
just because there will be big teams doesn't mean that they will be interesting games, many of these big teams may not even be giving importance to the europe league games and are giving priority to the domestic league games, that's why i'm even going to avoid betting on those league games europa league when i see that the big teams are not playing with their best players