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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5555045, member: 405"]
Tuesday featured a couple really big games, as Bayern Munich beat Paris St. Germain in Paris, and Liverpool beat Real Madrid at Anfield.

English teams make up 6 of the top 13 teams (nearly half) at the top of the standings.  Arsenal's defense is on pace to be considered "all time great", by some analyses I've seen.

Bayern, Arsenal and Inter Milan look like the top challengers as we finish week 4, the halfway point of the "League Phase".  PSG was missing Doue and Dembele left injured again after only 25 minutes.

Liverpool are perhaps better in Champions League than in the Premier League, but Mo Salah just isn't clicking.  Florian Wirtz and Ekitike pair well against European competition.

Thibault Courtois is a brilliant goalkeeper, and gives Real Madrid a real chance to win it, too.  They are cruising in La Liga, 5 points up on Barca in 1st place.  So they will have a chance to be in the late rounds.  In fact, with Mbappe and Vini, Jr., they expect it.

Napoli, last year's Italian champions under Antonio Conte, have dropped 2 of 4 matches, and have only 3 points.  Juventus has 3 draws and a loss from their first 4 matches, and also are at risk of missing out on the top 24 cut off for the knock out rounds.

Benfica, shockingly, have lost all 3 games so far, and sit near last in the table, ahead of only legendary Ajax of Amsterdam, who are also winless in their first 3, and sit -11 in goal differential.
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