European Club Power Rankings: September 2018

#10 Manchester United

Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief after an early season furore.

Manchester United ended their troubles with an emphatic victory over Burnley. Mourinho's men displayed a brilliant all-around performance as the midfield pairing Fellaini and Matic in front of the defence gave wing backs Luke Shaw and Valencia to roam high up the pitch and looked entertaining throughout the match.

Romelu Lukaku could have scored a hat-trick but ensured the team victory with a brace in a dramatic encounter where Pogba missed from the spot and Rashford was sent off for head-butting Bardsley.

With this victory, the team re-entered the top-10 positions after missing out the last term.

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#9 Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid was far from best after their Super Cup victory against Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid witnessed their first defeat of the season with a defeat against Celta Vigo. It was a poor second-half performance against Celta, where the team conceded two goals and defender Stefan Savic got sent off.

"This is a wake-up call for us. I have no doubt this is the best thing that could happen for us." - Diego Simeone after the defeat.

This result saw Atletico drop from fourth to ninth spot on the list.

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#8 Chelsea

Chelsea FC v AFC Bournemouth - Premier League

Chelsea's fourth win in as many games enabled them to top the league table with Liverpool. The blues continued to impress under the new boss Maurizio Sarri as Pedro and Eden Hazard strikes gave all three points in the match against Bournemouth.

Chelsea moved up one place in our current rankings following their victory.

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#7 Liverpool

Leicester City v Liverpool FC - Premier League

Liverpool moved one place up to seventh from the last rankings following their victory over Leicester City.

The 'Reds' grind out a victory in a difficult second half after an error from Alisson that didn't prove costly as their defence was solid and maintained their 100 per cent win record for the season going.

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#6 Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Muenchen was happy on and off the pitch.

Bayern has got their Bundesliga title defence off to a superb start defeating Hoffenheim 3-1 and Stuttgart 3-0 in their two matches.

New signing Leon Goretzka opened the scoring for the 'Bavarian' giants with a nice and controlled finish followed by goals from Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller kept Bayern on top of Bundesliga table after defeating Stuttgart.