Quote from: Ruttoshi on November 18, 2023, 07:28:13 PM

Quote from: Swordsoffreedom on November 18, 2023, 05:48:03 PM

Kevin De Bruyne is out of the squad due to injury. This is why Manchester City have become more dependent on Haaland's performance. But since Haaland is consistently performing well, we are seeing excellent performances from Manchester City in every match. On the other hand, Real Madrid team is dependent on their midfielders. I have no doubt that the two forward players Vini and Rodrygo are very talented. But they also miss plenty of easy opportunities. It is not possible for Real Madrid to maintain consistency depending on the performance of these two teams. Real Madrid depend on the performance of Kross and Bellingham.

Every club must have key platers that the tean depends on and when those players are not present in any of their matches, it will be noticed because the tram performance will drop. Gundogan and De Bruyne contributed a lot to Manchester City success last season and since Manchester City is lacking these two players, it will affect their performance in reaching the finals.

Real Madrid still have hope that Vini will be back to his top form after some time, we could see this in their previous match in their domestic league where these two players Vini and Rodrigo scored tow goals each. Bellingham is doing great and I don't think that he will not be able to bring out his best performance as he has already shown the world that he is having a wonderful time in Real Madrid with the way he performs his dying minutes magic goals. Kross is doing well only if he has injury that it will be a problem for Real Madrid. From the look of things, I think that Real Madrid has a better chance of winning the league than Manchester City.

The absence of Gundogan and De Bruyne from the squad has caused Manchester City to struggle at the start of the season. We saw Manchester City's unstable performance in several matches. But Guardiola has managed to fix these weaknesses. Despite missing two key players like Gundogan and De Bruyne, Manchester City have been consistently improving and I would say City are no longer dependent on Gundogan and De Bruyne.
With Vini and Rodrygo back in form and scoring consistently, Real Madrid will no doubt be unstoppable. We don't get consistent performances from these two players. Vini scored 4 goals in 10 matches and Rodrygo scored only 3 goals in 13 matches. These two players should try to do better.