European Club Power Rankings: September 2018

#5 Juventus

Parma Calcio v Juventus - Serie A

Although Juventus won all three games in Serie A, Ronaldo has yet to score. Juventus worked hard for their victory against Parma in which an early goal from Mandzukic gave them the lead later that former Arsenal man Gervinho equalized for Parma and Matuidi's angled shot gave their lead back and also three points.

It seems Juventus has yet to reach full flow; this saw them dropping from third to fifth on our list.

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#4 Paris Saint-Germain

Mbappe scored a goal and received a red card later against Nimes.

The goals will flow when a team has an array of talented players like Mbappe, Neymar, Cavani and Di Maria, and the same happened in a dramatic game against Nimes.

PSG won the game 4-2 with Mbappe scoring a brilliant solo goal at the end, but it was overshadowed by the red card moments later.

Anyway, with continuous good performances, PSG stood on the fourth spot on our list and after the international break, PSG is going to face their first real test of the season in the Champions League game away to Liverpool.

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#3 Real Madrid

Is Ramos centre-back or centre-forward?

Real Madrid's La Liga campaign is off to a cracking start as the team has already changed under Julen Lopetegui with their new passing game that set a record for the highest passes (798 successful passes) against Leganes for Real in La Liga since Opta started collecting the stats.

Real Madrid has won all three games, and in a recent victory against Leganes Bale, Benzema was impressed by scoring with Ramos, also on the score sheet with a goal from the penalty spot.

Real Madrid moved to the third spot with its continuous good performances.

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#2 Manchester City

Manchester City v Newcastle United - Premier League

Manchester City emerged victorious by 2-1 in their recent match against Newcastle United which made them sit in the fourth on the table with two points behind the leaders Liverpool, Chelsea and Watford.

Manchester City is so dominant in possession, but they lack ruthlessness in the absence of De Bruyne and Leroy Sane. Raheem Sterling and David Silva both performed brilliantly, but Kyle Walker was the one who saved the day for Manchester City on their 10th anniversary with a stunning 30-yard rocket that would make Aguero and also the Twitterati proud.

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#1 Barcelona

Messi was unselfish, as he gave away the ball to Suarez to take the penalty, albeit he could score a hat-trick.

No doubt in the top spot, Barcelona is the most deserving team in this week's rankings. They ran riot in the home game against Huesca with a scoreline 8-2 against the minnows.

It was a game of finishing at the highest level, with Messi scoring an unbelievable goal to put on level terms after they went behind early in the third minute. Luis Suarez also joined the party as he opened his account of the season.

In the end, both Suarez and Messi scored two goals each, with Rakitic, Dembele and Alba also registered their names on the scoresheet.