One would say that this title is somewhat pretentious, but take a closer look at the Champions League table.As many as five teams are tied for 10th place at the moment, with three of them playing their UCL Round 6 games tonight. Two of them, Arsenal and Monaco, will face each other in one of the most exciting fixtures in prospect.Although it may seem like an exaggeration, this could be the crucial game of the season, which decides the trajectory of the entire campaign for the Gunners.##NAJAVA_MECA_8564179####EDITORS_CHOICE##In case of victory, Mikel Arteta’s team would leapfrog Bayern Munich and Atalanta and probably the defeated side in the encounter between Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona. However, if the tie ends in a draw, or if the Ligue 1 celebrate a massive away win, things could get pretty nasty for the Gunners.Manchester City, Benfica, Atletico Madrid and AC Milan are patiently waiting for the opportunity to go higher up the table, thus pushing Arsenal down to the danger zone where the flirt with a premature exit would be almost inevitable.UCL: Salah’s 50th Champions League goal puts brave Girona to swordMoreover, two things should worry the North Londoners ahead of tonight’s clash: a long list of injured players and Monaco’s capability of fighting the giants.As things stand, Arteta will have to face their rival without Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Magalhaes, Riccardo Calafiori and Oleksandr Zinchenko.On the other hand, Adi Hutter is also uncertain about the starting XI due to several potentially sidelined players, but they’ve already proved amazingly inspired when the odds are against them. Like in the case when they topped high-flying Barcelona 2-1.UCL: Ter Stegen’s mega blunder helps Monaco defeat BarcaHowever, the previous round saw them lose unexpectedly to Benfica 3-2 at home, and now they’re with their back to the wall.Arsenal hawajapoteza kwenye mechi zao 5 za mwisho. Leo wanakutana na Monaco ambao wengi wanasema hawa ni ndugu kwa kuwa wote wamewahi kunolewa na Arsene Wenger. Wote wana alama 10 na wamepoteza mechi 1 kwenye mashindano ya klabu bingwa msimu huu. Nani atakuwa juu ya mwenzake… pic.twitter.com/V1WFpuQUh3— Mozzart Bet Kenya (@mozzartbetkenya) December 11, 2024 An upset at Emirates would launch them straight back into the elite and make their knockout stage qualification much more realistic.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND 6TuesdayDinamo Zagreb – Celtic 0-0Girona – Liverpool 0-1 (0-0)/Salah 63 pen/Atalanta – Real Madrid 2-3 (1-1)/De Ketelaere 45+2 pen, Lookman 65 – Mbappe 10, Vinicius Jr 56, Bellingham 59/Brest – PSV (1-0)/Cardinal 43/Club Brugge – Sporting 2-1 (1-1)/Quaresma 24 og, Nielsen 83 – Catamo 3/Leverkusen – Inter 1-0 (0-0)/Mukiele 90/RB Leipzig – Aston Villa 2-3 (1-1)/Openda 27, Baumgartner 62 – McGinn 3, Duran 52, Barkley 85/Salzburg – PSG 0-3 (0-1)/Ramos 30, Mendes 72, Doue 85/Shakhtar – Bayern Munich 1-5 (1-2)/Kevin 5 – Laimer 11, Muller 45, Olise 70 pen 90+3, Musiala 87/Wednesday20:45: (1.08) Atl.Madrid (13.0) Slovan B. (20.0)20:45: (1.53) Lille (4.10) Sturm (6.50)23:00: (1.35) Arsenal (5.50) Monaco (10.0)23:00: (1.62) Benfica (4.10) Bologna (6.25)23:00: (3.60) Dortmund (3.70) Barcelona (2.10)23.00: (1.38) Feyenoord (4.80) Sparta Praha (8.50)23:00: (3.80) Juventus (3.50) Man.City (2.10)23:00: (1.28) Milan (6.20) Crvena Zvezda (12.0)23:00: (1.35) Stuttgart (5.30) Young Boys (8.00)***odds are subject to change***
