Arsenal F.C. — Best pictures!

Chelsea’s Germany skipper Michael Ballack (pictured) captured the 4th spot in the FTBL ranking of midfielders in the English Premier League after scoring the opener as the Blues overcame a fiercely combative Sunderland 3:1 in league action.

Stuttgart’s Russian international Pavel Pogrebnyak seems to be finding his bearings in the Bundesliga as he scored a goal in his side’s 4:2 win over newly promoted FC Freiburg. He earned 20 rating points in the game and is now in 2nd place in the FTBL

Russian international Andrei Arshavin (pictured right) will debut with Arsenal in the Champions League as they travel tonight to Glasgow to face Celtic in the qualification round.

Arsenal’s Robin van Persie and Denilson (pictured right) broke into the FTBL Top 23 of the English Premier League after the 6:1 demolition of Everton in their season opener last Saturday.

Arsenal’s skipper and France international William Gallas returned from injury with a solid performance capped with a goal in his side’s 6:1 trashing of Everton in the English Premier League season opener yesterday, earning 17 rating points and boosting