FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard (pictured) overtook Barcelona’s Xavi in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders as he led the Reds to a well-deserved 3:2 away win against West Ham United in Premier League action yesterday.

Barcelona’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi (pictured) had a double as the Catalans humiliated Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou 5:2 in La Liga action yesterday.

Chelsea’s French international Nicolas Anelka (pictured) was back among the top 6 strikers of the English Premier League in the FTBL ranking as he scored the only goal in the Blues' 1:0 win over always tricky FC Porto in the opener of the Champions League’s

After the first group stage game of the new Champions League’s season, Real Madrid’s new recruit Xabi Alonso (pictured) has surged up the FTBL ranking of La Liga midfielders to capture the 2nd spot, behind only Barcelona’s Xabi (187.92 points).

The Inter Milan - Barcelona matchup in the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday could well center on the showdown between two rival world-class strikers--Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o and Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic--who, after the bittersweet deal