What to watch in UEFA Champions League: Bukayo Saka's strange Arsenal season; Barcelona target 10 wins from 10

Frustrating misses have invited outside criticism, but the underlying numbers reveal an Arsenal winger who is getting better looks in front of goal than ever before After the extended international break, the Champions League is back and gearing up for a rapid run of games. Just over three weeks from now, the league phase will be at its halfway mark, a clearer sense of the European hierarchy having emerged. Then again, we might get a bit of a sense on Tuesday night with several of the big hitters in action. Both Bayern Munich and Barcelona have games that fall into the tough places to go category. For the former, it's a journey north to Stavanger and the champions of Norway, while Hansi Flick's side will put their winning run to the test at Galatasaray, where the likes of Liverpool and Juventus lost last season.
Before we get to them, however, it's time to talk about last season's beaten finalists and their star player. After all, Bukayo Saka's season seems kinda weird. Weird in that on paper the output looks really rather impressive, particularly in front of goal. Seven games into his campaign and Saka has three goals, one of them a penalty against Sunderland. For a player who only just scraped into double figures in each of the last two
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