ESPN.com · Dec 11, 2025
UCL talking points: Liverpool better without Salah? Will Alonso be sacked?
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With just two matchdays left to go in the league phase, the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League campaign is certainly ramping up!
Arsenal remains perfect, but there are cracks starting to form elsewhere. Real Madrid stumbled to another loss, this time to Manchester City at the Bernabéu, while Liverpool offered a look at what life might be like without Mohamed Salah.
Read on as ESPN experts Mark Ogden, Sam Tighe, Julien Laurens and Gab Marcotti offer their thoughts on Matchday 6.
- Man City's win casts more doubt on Xabi Alonso's future at Real Madrid
- Lindop: Liverpool earns Slot much-needed win amid Salah saga
- VAR Review: Why was Ibrahima Konaté's Liverpool goal ruled out?