"I suspect City will be the club that would have the best chance of success this season, and they could conceivably go all the way. Venues can make massive savings and this year excitement levels will be at fever pitch as the Champions League plays out for the seven British teams, including last year's surprise Premier League champions Leicester City".
Along with Leicester, there are nine previous winners of the European Cup participating in the competition, including current holders and eleven time winners Real Madrid. If Arsenal are here everyone will want to see Arsenal but Leicester won against Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea and so on.
For Iheanacho, his excellent showing in the Manchester Derby established him as a valuable option for Pep Guardiola, and while he didn't hit the heights in the Champions League last season, he will surely deliver more accomplished showings when called upon this term. They have only won one game in the first four Gameweeks.
Wembley also returns to the Champions League stage to host Tottenham's campaign, while a global superstar will enjoy a memorable reunion.
There's nothing stopping Club Brugge, Ludogorets or Dinamo Zagreb joining the party but if those clubs were to foster a squad capable of challenging the elite, it'd be broken up either in a summer or January transfer window. Consistently the Gunners were seeded in the first pot but were unable to win their group, getting a more hard opponent in the last 16.
Real Madrid does not give up many points in the group phase of the Champions League and is confident that they will start their campaign with important wins.
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Leicester go into the match at Jan Breydelstadion on the back of a 4-1 loss away to Liverpool, while Club Brugge lost 1-0 at Waasland-Beveren last time out.
But that's not a challenge that has fazed the Sheffield-born striker, who was plying his trade with Non-League Fleetwood Town just four seasons ago.
Sure, we could talk at this point about how Barcelona should be in the best shape to win it and are probably the best side in the Champions League, but the shape of the competition makes circumstances like form less relevant than ever. They are a big team because they became champions. "I don't deal in pressure, I deal in demands and requirements", Emery said.
Ancelotti said he had no concerns about Franck Ribery and Costa fitting into same team, adding: "In my opinion, very good players can and must play together". So, the match-up against Real Madrid will be intriguing for more reasons than just CR7.
The Premier League was very much back with a bang at the weekend after the barren wasteland that is the worldwide break. - Porto have lost only two of their last 12 Champions League group games (W7, D3), but those were their last two outings, against Dynamo Kiev and Chelsea at the end of last season's group stages.
