Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink names his four ‘favourites’ to win the Champions League

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has named Premier League rubric rivals Manchester City and Arsenal among his 4 ‘favourites’ to triumph the Champions League.

The new Champions League format is good underway with each 36 teams who qualified for the contention playing 3 games successful the elongated league phase.

Aston Villa, who finished 4th successful the Premier League past season, are the astonishment aboriginal leaders with 3 wins from three, including a memorable triumph implicit German giants Bayern Munich.

Second and 3rd spot besides beryllium to the Premier League with Liverpool the lone different broadside with a cleanable grounds aft 3 games and Man City presently sitting beauteous connected 7 points.

In this caller Champions League format, the apical 8 teams volition automatically advancement to the knockout stages, with the adjacent 12 clubs moving into a play-off. The bottommost 12 volition beryllium eliminated.

As good arsenic Villa, Liverpool and Man City, the top-eight besides consists of Monaco, Brest, Bayer Leverkusen, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon.

European heavyweights Arsenal, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Benfica and Juventus are conscionable extracurricular the automatic qualifying positions portion AC Milan, Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig are conscionable a fewer of the teams languishing successful the elimination spots.

‘As good arsenic Manchester City and Real Madrid, I’d enactment Arsenal and Barcelona successful my 4 favourites to triumph the Champions League this season,’ ex-Premier League striker and England manager Hasselbaink told BoyleSports, who connection Premier League odds.

‘I might’ve said Bayern Munich but I didn’t similar however they played. I deliberation it volition beryllium 1 of those 4 who assistance the trophy. I truly deliberation Arsenal volition spell far.’

Hasselbaink is backing Arsenal for a heavy tally successful Europe contempt the club’s caller wobble successful the Premier League.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside person taken conscionable 1 constituent from their past 3 games to gaffe to 5th successful the table, 5 points down Man City and 7 adrift of Liverpool.

Arsenal were beaten by Newcastle United connected Saturday, conscionable a fewer hours earlier Manchester City’s agelong unbeaten Premier League tally was ended by Bournemouth.

While some Arsenal and Man City suffered defeats, Liverpool proceed their awesome tally of signifier nether Arne Slot with a comeback triumph implicit Brighton.

There is different circular of Champions League fixtures this week, with Liverpool hosting Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City visiting Ruben Amorim’s Sporting Lisbon.

Wobbling Arsenal look a tricky travel to Inter Milan portion Champions League holders Real Madrid instrumentality connected AC Milan.

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