Arsene Wenger expects Manchester Metropolis to beat Actual Madrid of their Champions League semi-final however believes the Premier League facet might be susceptible with out Kyle Walker within the facet.
Metropolis take a 4-3 result in the Bernabeu on Wednesday night time after a thriller in Manchester final week.
Walker missed that tie having suffered an ankle harm within the earlier spherical away to Atletico Madrid, a knock that sidelined him for 3 weeks.
The previous Tottenham defender returned to coaching on Tuesday and has travelled to Madrid with the squad.
Wenger is backing Metropolis to see the job via within the Spanish capital – however believes Metropolis might be susceptible on the again with out one among their key males.
When requested who're favourites, Wenger advised beIN Sports activities: ‘Metropolis. They're the higher workforce.
‘The one factor with Metropolis, they are often susceptible when Walker doesn’t play in that defence.
‘Once they have [Joao] Cancelo and Walker they will deal nicely with the passes in behind the defenders. When Walker is just not there, they're a bit extra susceptible.’
Assessing the specter of Carlo Ancelotti’s facet, who have been topped Spanish champions on the weekend, Wenger paid tribute to the in-form Karim Benzema, who has scored 9 objectives in Actual’s final 4 Champions League video games.
‘I'd say they've a traditional defence if not a mean defence with an distinctive goalkeeper,’ Wenger mentioned. ‘They've a really skilful midfield with very clever selections makers however who're a bit over the hill bodily.
‘And that's the reason after they get out of stress they will nonetheless make an clever move.
‘They've two strikers, one who does the whole lot you need, each contact he makes is a dream for a man who loves soccer and Vinicius who can individually create one thing.’
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