Arsenal F.C. — Best pictures!

Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas (pictured left) replaced Barcelona’s Xavi as the StaNo 1 Spanish midfielder in the FTBL ranking as the Gunners clobbered AZ Alkmaar 4:1 at the Emirates Stadium in the Champions League yesterday, while the Catalans were unable to

Real Madrid’s Spain international Xabi Alonso (pictured) returned in the top 8 of the FTBL world ranking of midfielders after the Merengues’ 2:0 win over Getafe in La Liga last Saturday.

Asenal’s Robin van Persie’s game of late elicits nothing but praise: as his latest scoring run ended in the game against AZ Alkmaar in the Champions League, he has launched another in earnest with 3 goals in 2 games in a row.

Barcelona’s Seydou Keita took the lead in the FTBL ranking of African midfielders with a hat-trick in the Catalans’ 6:1 clobbering of Real Zaragoza in La Liga yesterday.

Belgium international Daniel Van Buyten (pictured) gave Bayern Munich a late winner against Eintracht Frankfurt (2:1) yesterday in Bundesliga action to move ever closer to a return in the top tier of the FTBL chart of defenders in the German league.