(Football news) UEFA Champions League continues to bring fans exciting games. Liverpool, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, PSG, Barcelona, Manchester City, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund will all be in action on Tuesday in the prestigious UCL.
Manchester City travel to Club Brugge in an attempt to comeback after their defeat against PSG in the previous UCL game. City came into the game on the back of a comfortable win against Burnley. There are question marks over the availability of Ederson and Gabriel Jesus after their late arrival from international duty. It goes without saying that Manchester City will be heavy favourites but as it stands Brugge are ahead of them on the table and they also managed to hold PSG to a draw. If they do manage to take away something from this game then Brugge might be on their way to do something special this season.
Two of the best breeders of talent go against each other as Ajax host Borussia Dortmund. Erling Haaland and co. won 3-1 against Mainz at the weekend whereas Ajax defeated Heerenveen by 2-0. Raphael Guerriero, Gio Reyna and Mahmoud Dahoud will miss the match due to an injury while there are still doubts over Marcel Schmelzer's fitness. The two strikers Sebastian Haller and Erling Haaland are in red hot form and the two will have a massive influence on the end result.
The big game of the week is Atlético Madrid taking on Liverpool at the Wanda Metropolitan. Liverpool are almost unbeatable at the moment and Mohammed Salah is in the form of his life. The Merseyside club ran riot over Watford at the weekend but this is a completely different ball game. Atletico Madrid will defend deep which might cause Jurgen Klopp a few headaches along the way. The game comes too early for Curtis Jones and Thiago Alcantara to come back while Atletico will be without Stefan Savic who is suspended.
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AC Milan travel away to Porto in an attempt to open their account in their UCL comeback season. The two teams are at this moment battling for the 3rd spot behind Liverpool and Atlético Madrid. Milan are in the midst of an injury crisis as Ante Rebic, Alessandro Florenzi, Mike Maignan, Junior Messias, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Frank Kessie, Theo Hernandez, Brahim Diaz are all set to miss the game due to various reasons.
Inter will host Sheriff Town who have shocked the entire world by defeating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu as they sit on top of the table with 6 points whereas Inter have got just 1 point. If Sheriff Town manages to win this game then it will be a legendary event in every possible way. Inter will be my missing Stefano Sensie through injury.
PSG will play RB Leipzig at Parc des Princes. A late Mbappe penalty helped the French club defeat Angers at the weekend. Despite all the dream team and Galacticos 2.0 talks PSG haven't been all great this season. Neymar and Lionel Messi should be fit to play the game. Keylor Navas and Leondro Parades are injured while Angel Di Maria is suspended for the encounter.
Real Madrid travel away to Shakhtar Donetsk, a team that defeated them twice last season. Madrid's last UCL game was an embarrassment as they lost at home against Sheriff. Marcelo and Ferland Mendy have returned to the squad while Isco, Gareth Bale, Dani Carvajal and Dani Ceballos remain out while Eden Hazard and Luka Jovic are newest to join the treatment table. Madrid's weekend game was postponed which has given them ample time to prepare for this game.
