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Padraig Whelan·18 May 2023

📈 Power Rankings: New names, title winners and UCL warnings

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We now have our Champions League final set up but who else are the in form sides in Europe? It is time for our Power Rankings.


10. Newcastle (👎 Last week: 6)

The Magpies are still very much in pole position to secure Champions League football thanks to their outstanding work this season.


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But they did follow up a defeat against Arsenal with two surprise dropped points against Leeds, meaning they’re on the slide in this ranking – if not the Premier League one.

9. Bayern Munich (🆕)

Thomas Tuchel’s side enter thanks to a huge win which has put them within touching distance of retaining their Bundesliga crown.

A 6-0 thrashing of Schalke last time out was their third win on the bounce and two more from their final two games will see the German title remain in Bavaria.

8. Lens (👍 Last week: 10)

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Their incredible run can’t be stopped. Lens made it eight wins from their last nine to keep their hopes of automatic Champions League football alive and in their own hands.

This time, they did so after going a man and a goal down, only to fight back with the outstanding Seko Fofana keeping his fine form up with a second-half winner.

7. Barcelona (🆕)

For the first time this decade, Barcelona are at last champions of Spain again.

And they secured glory in style too, hitting four against local rivals Espanyol on the road to make it one of the more memorable title triumphs in club history.

6. Feyenoord (👍 Last week: 8)

Like Barcelona above, Feyenoord also ended their long wait for a championship by securing the Eredivisie title in emphatic fashion with a 3-0 win over Go Ahead Eagles.

Santiago GimĂ©nez scored for a ninth straight league game and along with Orkun KökcĂŒ and Sebastian Szymanski, will be one of the stars of Arne Slot’s side who will surely attract major interest this summer.

5. Real Madrid (👎 Last week: 2)

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Los Blancos’ midweek capitulation in Manchester will grab the attention when it comes to Real’s recent form.

But prior to that, they were unbeaten in five which included a well deserved draw with City and a Copa del Rey final victory.

4. RB Leipzig (No change)

Leipzig’s charge towards Champions League football continued – and what a way the DFB Pokal finalists went about it.

Trailing at home to Werder Bremen with three minutes remaining, Marco Rose’s side levelled before Dominik Szoboszlai’s 96th-minute winner sparked wild celebrations.

3. Liverpool (No change)

If the Reds are to qualify for the Champions League next season, they will rely on help from elsewhere, but they’re certainly keeping up their own end of the bargain.

Their defensive solidity was in evidence again on their trip to Leicester, where a hat-trick of Mo Salah assists keeps them in the top-four pursuit.

2. Inter (👍 Last week: 5)

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It is hard to believe that just a month ago Simone Inzaghi’s job was in serious jeopardy.

Since a defeat to Monza in mid-April, they’ve gone nine games without defeat (facing Milan twice, Juventus, Roma, Lazio and Benfica during that span), scoring 25 goals and keeping six clean sheets.

Their latest derby win over Milan came courtesy of a lone goal from captain Lautaro Martínez – and fired them into the Champions League final.

1. Manchester City (No change)

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Awaiting Inter in Istanbul are Europe’s finest.

In the last week, they’ve taken their unbeaten run to 23 games – thrashing Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park to all but secure another Premier League title before putting in a sensational showing to hit Real Madrid for four in Europe and ruthlessly bring their hopes of retaining that crown to an end.

The treble isn’t just a possibility anymore. It is looking like the likeliest outcome.