Chelsea F.C. — Best pictures!

As recently as late August, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard still sat at the top of the FTBL World Ranking of midfielders with an overall rating of more than 220 points. Then he initiated a slide that has seen him drop 60 rating points in the last 5 games alone!

Barcelona’s Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pictured) will have a perfect opportunity to return in the top echelon of the FTBL World Ranking of forwards, our most prestigious chart, if he can produce a strong performance when the Catalans host mid-table

As our analysts predicted, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard’s (pictured second from the left) reign at the top of the FTBL ranking of European midfielders was rather brief, as the Blues yesterday struggled to overcome modest APOEL Nicosia (1:0) in the Champions

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard dropped from 1st to 6th place in the FTBL ranking of European midfielders after losing approximately 40 rating points as the Reds fell to Fiorentina (0:2) in Champions League action yesterday (146.06 points).

Just a few days ago, the leadership of Chelsea’s Ashley Cole and John Terry in the FTBL World Ranking of defenders seemed unshakable, but that was until Chelsea fell to Wigan Athletic (1:3) in a Premier League shocking upset Saturday, and Barcelona’s