Matchday 2 Champions League Betting Update PT 2

Despite Cristiano Ronaldo's mistake in human kisses contest - they appear to be gaining a lot of momentum to secure the Champions League trophy at the end of the season with the bookmakers listing them as the second favorites behind Manchester City and Barcelona.

One must admit that it's an exciting prospect to think that we may wind up seeing Ronaldo taking on Barcelona with a different side backing him up after so many El Clasico contest in Champions League fixtures unfolding between the two sides over the years.

Bayern Munich are getting the nod as the next best priced selection and they know an awful lot about winning the champions league and still have kept the bulk of the team together over the last couple of years so the players tend to play with a little bit more cohesiveness than you'll find a lot of other European sides particularly at the start of the season.

One of the big surprises right now Is the presence of Liverpool in the top 5 contenders to win the Champions League trophy this year.  Jurgen Klopp’s men have played some really good football as of late and their English Premier League record is second to none with enough strength in depth to ensure that they have enough Firepower to be able to contest the big European fixtures deep into the champions league tournament.

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are the only other teams rounding out those still listed within a single-digit margin to win the Champions League trophy in both of those got off to inauspicious starts but looks set to put it together going forward.