Manchester City might not be able to win the Champions League this season. Manchester City has undeniably lost its two most important players, with Kevin De Bruyne struggling with inconsistency due to injuries and also Rodri being out of the season due to injuries,
Manchester City are gradually becoming a shadow of their former selves this season. Their recent dip in form and current recent injury struggles has really affected them from maintaining their usually dominance. I don't think Manchester City can really call themselves title favourites this season.
Manchester City team was build based on some key players which is why they are always underperforming when they get injured.
This same situation happen last season when both Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne got injured, the team performance went down until they both recovered from injuries, I was expecting Pep Gardiola to have signed a world class replacement for both of them, but he believed in them so much and failed to add more backup to his squad; now it is causing them all these sort of defeats he as a manager never experienced before. With this performance, I don’t think Pep Guardiola and Manchester City will come close to winning the Champions League because we have seen how their performances are in their last four games in all competitions including the Champions League.
I tend to believe Liverpool can secure a home win this season against Real Madrid, of course this is only because the two teams' performances are different. However, Real Madrid is a good team to hope for considering the depth of its squad, the results could be different from what we imagine today.
It’s too early to judge remembering how good Real Madrid is when it comes to the Champions League football.
I know that Liverpool is in a good form, but you can’t expect Madrid to drop six points in a raw in the Champions League.
However, I am not saying that Liverpool is not capable of winning Madrid, but I am predicting a draw since the game will played at Anfield.