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Champions League - European Power Rankings

There is simply no stopping Arsenal at the moment, and the Gunners remain the undisputed best team in Europe.

We take into account both domestic and Champions League performances, plus the relative difficulty of each team's league.

Unsurprisingly it's Arsenal who are still showing the rest of the continent how it's done, although they left it late before dispatching of Wigan on Saturday.

Despite their shock defeat at Bolton, Manchester United are still second, while wins for Chelsea and Liverpool help them in seventh and tenth place respectively.

In fact, the entire top ten won in their own leagues this weekend.

The real action is in the pack clamouring to break into the top half, with Fenerbahce and Rangers leapfrogging stumbling Spanish pair Sevilla and Valencia in 11th and 12th. Both Liga sides crashed to embarrassing defeats last weekend, while the Turks and Scots' victories at home and superior form in Europe see them on the brink on muscling in on the big boys.

It's good news for another Scottish side as Celtic break into our top 20 at the expense of Slavia Prague.

EUROPEAN POWER RANKINGS (last weeks position in brackets)

1 (1) Arsenal - 27.69

2 (2) Manchester United - 25.71

3 (3) Internazionale - 22.92

4 (4) Barcelona - 22.88

5 (5) Real Madrid - 21.15

6 (6) Porto - 20.55

7 (7) Chelsea - 20

8 (8) Roma - 19.17

9 (9) Milan - 19.08

10 (10) Liverpool - 18.72

11 (13) Fenerbahce - 17.92

12 (14) Rangers - 17.09

13 (11) Sevilla - 16.96

14 (12) Valencia - 16.73

15= (15) Shakhtar Donetsk - 16.61

15= (16) Rosenborg - 16.61

17 (17) Lyon - 16.57

18 (18) Benfica - 16.30

19 (19) Werder Bremen - 16.07

20 (-) Celtic - 13.82

HOW IT WORKS

Scores are based on points per game in domestic league and European games.

Domestic points per game is multiplied by the league coefficient - either 3, 4 or 5 - with teams in stronger leagues getting more credit.

European victories are counted as three points for a win whether in league stage or not. They are all multiplied by a coefficient of 5.

League coefficients:

England, Spain, Italy = 5

Germany, Portugal, France = 4

Others = 3

Example: Arsenal

33 points from 13 Premier League games = 2.54 points per game.

Multiplied by league coefficient of five - 2.54 x 5 = 12.69.

18 points from 6 Champions League games (including qualifying) = 3 points per game.

Multiplied by European coefficient of five - 15

Total score = 12.69 + 15 = 27.69

Tony Mabert / Eurosport


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