Liverpool vs Arsenal
Many are looking forward to this big match, and Liverpool should have a better chance of winning. Arsenal are currently dealing with injuries to several key players such as Saka, Odegaard, and Kai Havertz. It looks like these players will be absent in the upcoming match, which gives Liverpool, as the home team, a good opportunity to win.
What do you think? Is Arsenal still confident enough to hold Liverpool to a draw or even try to beat them?"
Majority of the beef talk is media noise. The real data disproves it: in the first league game Mbappe takes the pen, finished with 5 shots and 6 shot-creating action; Vinicius does not sulk, plays 77 minutes as more of a facilitator. Second game is even louder: Vini is benched, enters the field at 63, provides an assist to Mbappe at 83 and then scores himself. Moreover, Mbappe literally covered the mouth of Vini after the goal celebration due to the fact that Vinicius was already on a yellow - protecting him from a red and the headlines
Ballon d’Or is overstated as well. The fact that Vini scored 22G + 19A in 58 games last season failed to get him the award, but that has more to do with Madrid not winning the trophy at the end of the year than some conspiracy. Mbappe was ranked 7th/8th with 43 goals. The doctor clarified: votes are based on trophies. In case they can combine in the same way they did vs Oviedo (press high, Vini slips Mbappe through, and then close it out late), Madrid are back into the contention, and that in turn boosts their Ballon d’Or portfolio