Benzema was a sharp striker for Real Madrid last season and the departure of Benzema gave a slight decrease in the game from Real Madrid but when you watch Real Madrid in the Domestic League they play quite well and even tend to be better than Barcelona.
Now Ancelotti is always trying to make the team less dependent on one player like last season when Benzema was there.
Manchester City has a goal machine, namely Haaland and he can make Manchester City have a different chance of winning, plus there are other players up front like Julian Alvarez and assisted by quite reliable midfielders Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy
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With them on the front lines, Manchester City has very good strength in every attack on the opponent's goal.
Undoubtedly, a player like Karim Benzema left Real Madrid and Real Madrid could not recruit another star in that position which can be considered as a weak point for Real Madrid. After Karim Benzema left Real Madrid, Real Madrid lost their first two friendlies and everyone feared that a bad season might be in store for Real Madrid, but as the season started, Real Madrid returned to their former form. Real Madrid have played three matches so far in La Liga where Real Madrid have won the first three matches. Real Madrid will do well without Karim Benzema in the Champions League if they can maintain their current performance in La Liga.
Benzema's episode ended the day he moved to Al-Ittihad, he is doing well there and has had few goals, let that slide and focus more on how the current team of Real Madrid has been. When a club undergoes major changes of players, there must be changes in how the players interact, how they play and how they win and since Casemiro was sold to Manchester United, their defence has changed even though Kroos and Rudiger are still in their prime protecting that with their life, it has really changed.
The centre forward has also experienced changes, Viniciuos has not been in the form the way he was during their last Champions League, no other player like Benzema that take advantage of assists like him that's why the effort of Viniciuos is sometimes wasted. Bellingham is good though, but that's not enough to me. If Ancelotti insists on riding the storm this season with the left players, so be it but I'm very confident that the fans are going to fry him before next year July.