Alex Kirkland

Yes, there are defensive issues, but all rounds, I think Barca are in pretty good shape and have been.

And I agree with apologies to Dan.

I'd be extremely skeptical about, about Barca, about Newcastle's chances of knocking out Barca over two days.

Cause yes, they're not perfect.

Yes, they've got their weaknesses, but you still look at this team with the players I've mentioned, Lameen and Petri and Rafinha.

I think they, I think they are overwhelming favorites to go through for me.

Don't apologize to him.

It does a little bit.

They're not in a good place.

They haven't been playing well.

We know how much the Champions League means to them.

We know how much pressure Alvaro Arbeloa is under to deliver as coach.

And I've got to say, I'm a little bit worried about what City might do.

We've seen this season how Madrid has been badly exposed at times against the best teams.

We've seen it in the Champions League.

We saw it.

You know, they played against Manchester City earlier in the season.

Yes, there were some key players missing for that game, but there'll be some key players missing this time for Real Madrid as well.

You know, there's no Mbappé, there's no Bellingham, there's no Rodrigo, there's no Militao at the back.

Lots of doubts about how Madrid will approach this game.