Barcelona is facing difficulties in the la liga while MU is starting to handle the performance to beat another team easily in EPL. The quality from MU can be seen from last 5 matches. MU is only losing one time but MU has been starting to perform so well
Barcelona is still firmly at the top of the Laliga standings
Their performance is still quite good, we can see their statistics in Laliga since the start of the season. I realize Manchester United have come a long way lately but that happened in the EPL. Erik Ten Hag needs to mentally prepare his players because next month they will face teams from other leagues like Barcelona, this will of course be different from their opponents in the EPL
Manchester United seems now ready to face Barcelona, regardless of the result but they are now much stronger mentally and game. Meanwhile, Barcelona is definitely targeting to advance to the next round if they manage to beat Man united because at the moment they are also in good condition in the regular league.