Shaka Hislops Power Rankings Shaka Hislop evaluates the best that the club game has to offer and works it into his weekly Top 10 countdown! Here is his latest list. 2013-14 POWER RANKINGS: JANUARY 30 RANK (PV) CLUB COMMENT Bayern Munich 1 (1) Bayern Munich Just when you thought that their long Bundesliga unbeaten run was going to end, Bayern woke up and snatched a win at Stuttgart to extend their streak to 43 games and their lead at the top of the table to 13 points. Manchester City 2 (2) Manchester City Like Bayern, City were pushed hard this week ... by Watford. However, a two-goal deficit was overcome before Tottenham were humiliated by Manuel Pellegrinis men -- its 11-1 on aggregate! -- for the second time this season. Real Madrid 3 (3) Real Madrid Its now eight straight clean sheets for Madrid, who picked up three La Liga points against Granada before dispatching Espanyol in the Copa del Rey. Lopez or Casillas, it doesnt matter who plays in goal -- nobody can score past them! Barcelona 4 (4) Barcelona While controversy reigns in the Barca boardroom, on the pitch it is business as usual. The only surprise from their two victories this week was that Lionel Messi failed to score any of their eight goals! Atletico Madrid 5 (5) Atletico Madrid After dropping points in successive games, Atleti picked up a league win at Vallecano before Diego Costa scored his first goal of the year to seal Copa del Rey progress and a semifinal showdown with their city rivals. Arsenal 6 (6) Arsenal A routine cup win was followed by a 2-2 draw at Southampton. Its coming to crunch time for the Gunners, who face a daunting upcoming schedule, although they should see off Crystal Palace this weekend. Chelsea 7 (7) Chelsea Jose Mourinho complained about West Hams tactics, but Chelseas failure to score on any of their 39 shots suggests the fault for not winning on Wednesday lies with his profligate forwards. Next up? A trip to Man City. Paris Saint-Germain 8 (8) Paris Saint-Germain After Alexs late header saved a point at Guingamp, PSG got busy in the transfer market by signing Yohan Cabaye. Could they not have waited until the end of the season? Im worried about how Newcastle will replace him! Juventus 9 (9) Juventus Im not going to comment on Gianluigi Buffon being sent off against Lazio except to say I am sure there was a good reason why he was not at fault! As it was, Juve overcame going behind and down a man to earn a creditable draw. AS Roma 10 (N/A) AS Roma Replacing Olympiakos are Rudi Garcias side, who remain second in Serie A, six points ahead of Napoli. Since losing at Juventus, theyve claimed three straight league wins and beaten The Old Lady in the Coppa Italia.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:17:13 +0000
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