With the Champions League's Christmas break right around the corner, this week's round of fixtures have a critical feel for some of Europe's biggest sides. A dramatic and surprising round of results last month has Manchester City on the outside of the top eight before a critical trip to Real Madrid with Liverpool and Barcelona running out of wiggle room before big games for them. The former travel to Inter for a game that would have drawn enough eyeballs in any circumstances but the furor around Mohamed Salah's future only adds to the pressure on Arne Slot.

Hansi Flick probably doesn't feel the Barcelona fanbase breathing down his neck to the same extent but there will certainly be unwelcome questions for him if Eintracht Frankfurt upset the Spanish champions at the Camp Nou. Without

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