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They have every reason to be doubtful of themselves because they are totally out of form, and we all know how good this real Madrid team is, even arsenal that beat Manchester city easily cannot knockout real Madrid in both legs if they ever meet each other because I believe that real madrid is more superior to arsenal.
Since the Qatar base investors bought Manchester city I haven't seen them so weak as they are presently, and they the real Madrid team they are playing is in a very good form, so it's actually going to be a very difficult game for this Manchester city side, though anything can happen in the game of football, but I still believe that Manchester city cannot survive real Madrid over two legs in this playoff games coming up.
Then talking about their defense, that's what will be the greatest headache of pep guardiola because the kind of huge amount of goals they are chipping in is way too much for a team that really wants to compete against the bigger boys, so that's one area in this Manchester city side that they really need to improve if they want to be able to compete in this upcoming game against real madrid.
We do doubt City's performance in the match against Madrid later, but don't forget that Madrid's defense is currently having problems again, Rudiger must be sidelined due to injury. In City's camp, if Haaland, De Bruyne Bernaldo Silva are in prime condition in that match, then it will be difficult to stop these players. We don't need to talk about the Madrid vs Arsenal match, because the ones competing are City and Real Madrid. Pep knows how strong Real Madrid are, he also knows how to stop Madrid's steps. But the problem is the performance of the Manchester City players themselves, they seem to have difficulty getting back up. Well, Madrid can expose City's defense which is currently in disarray, but at the same time City can also take advantage of Madrid's weaknesses where several core players in their defense are injured. It seems like this match will present many goals, because I suspect both sides have problems in their teams. Referring to the betting exchange for now, I can't speculate because there will usually be changes before the match. Let's just wait and see if City can show their ferocity again. Or, it's interesting to wait.