Arsene Wenger believes Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich represent the most important non-Premier League threat to Arsenal’s Champions League hopes this season.
Arsenal continued their impressive begin to the campaign on Tuesday night as their 3-0 victory against Slavia Prague made it 4 wins from 4 games within the Champions League this season.
Bayern have also won all 4 of their matches thus far and secured a serious victory on Tuesday evening with a 2-1 win against Champions League holders PSG on the Parc des Princes.
Liverpool also moved into the highest eight within the Champions League table with a 1-0 victory against Real Madrid at Anfield, and Arne Slot’s side are a degree ahead of Tottenham, who ran out 4-0 winners against FC Copenhagen.
Manchester City, meanwhile, will leapfrog each Liverpool and Tottenham in the event that they beat Borussia Dortmund at home on Wednesday night, while each Chelsea and Newcastle United will pull level on nine points with Liverpool in the event that they win their games against Qarabag and Athletic Bilbao.
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Speaking concerning the Champions League ambitions of PSG and Bayern Munich to beIN Sports, Wenger said: ‘I might say they’re the 2 teams who can win the Champions League this season, outside England.
‘Certainly one of the opposite teams after all could possibly be Real Madrid but Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain, nobody wonders of their league will they win their championship.
‘Paris Saint-Germain will win the championship in France and Bayern have nearly already nearly won the championship in Germany, so their season after all might be in Europe.
‘They are going to must fight against the five teams within the Premier League, that might be very interesting.
‘Paris Saint-Germain in the mean time will not be at their best, Real Madrid at Liverpool are fighting to be their best, then Bayern are in full power.’
Meanwhile, former Premier League striker Troy Deeney also believes Arsenal and Bayern Munich are the 2 standout candidates to win the Champions League this season.
‘I believe for all of us we said they’d be in our top three – PSG, Bayern Munich and Arsenal,’ Deeney told CBS Sports.
‘The remainder after that’s ever-evolving, week to week we could change it. I believe all of us said those three after which just how you’ll get them organized.
‘I might make the argument that Bayern after today [beating PSG] ought to be top, but I also think we could make a excellent argument that Arsenal ought to be top, they’re top of each leagues, I’d argue it’s more competitive within the Premier League than it’s within the Bundesliga.
‘For Arsenal to be top, eight clean sheets in a row, you may make an argument for each teams but Bayern Munich are right up there.’
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