Chelsea F.C. — Best pictures!

Arsenal’s Belgium international Thomas Vermaelen (pictured) produced a stunning performance yesterday as the Gunners trounced Blackburn Rovers 6:2 in Premier League action, scoring the opener and breaking into the top 6 of the FTBL world ranking of defenders.

Manchester United’s Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov was one of the few to come out of the Red Devils’s near-flop at Old Trafford against Sunderland (2:2) yesterday with something positive: he scored United’s first goal and picked up 6.03 points

With Barcelona’s 1:0 home win over UD Almeria in La Liga yesterday, Lionel Messi (pictured left) and Xavi (pictured right) consolidated their respective leads in the FTBL world and European rankings of midfielders.

Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun, who until recently was among the world’s top players in the FTBL ranking, will need a miracle in order to return in that elite group when the Reds travel to Chelsea on Sunday: he will have a daunting plank of 42.70

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!