📈 Power Rankings: One surprise new club as Man Utd go top | OneFootball

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Oh, go on then.

10. Inter (👎 Last time: 8)

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It finally seemed Inter had a semblance of consistency and a win over Napoli was the crowning glory.

Until, just days later, the enormous setback of a draw with Monza. Despite leading twice they could not put the game to bed, suffering an injury time equaliser, and then rode their luck in the Coppa Italia against Parma in midweek too.

9. Fulham (🆕)

Since elite level English football returned on Boxing Day, Fulham have won all four of their games and kept three clean sheets along the way.

One of the surprise packages of the season, the Cottagers are now up to seventh in the league and through in the FA Cup. Watch out, Chelsea.

8. Barcelona (👍 Last time: 10)

A small blip followed by a small recovery. Things look alright at Camp Nou, with defeat for Real Madrid last weekend allowing Barça to open up a three point gap at the top of the table.

They have conceded just six in the league this season, as Xavi is keen to keep mentioning, and the win at Atlético on Sunday felt like a real statement.

7. Newcastle United (👎 Last time: 5)

Unceremoniously dumped out of the FA Cup by League One Sheffield Wednesday, followed by a deserved win over Leicester to book a first League Cup semi-final since 1955.

A mixed week for sure, and the weekend’s defeat stung, but Newcastle will probably take it overall.

6. Manchester City (No change)

With two convincing wins against Chelsea, Man City were set to storm up the rankings before they lost to Southampton on Wednesday without mustering a single shot on target.

Still, if something was going to go wrong, the EFL Cup is probably the best place for it to happen. Bigger games in bigger competitions are just around the corner.

5. Marseille (👍 Last time: 9)

As others have struggled for consistency in France lately, Marseille made it to five league wins in midweek and safely navigated the cup at the weekend.

Watch this space.

4. Napoli (No change)

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A first defeat of the season did not rock Napoli into crisis mode as they showed that, on top of all their other impressive traits this season, they can respond to a setback.

A 1-0 win against Sampdoria got them back on track.

3. Juventus (No change)

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It’s now eight Serie A wins and eight Serie A clean sheets in a row for Juve. Need we say more?

2. Arsenal (👎 Last time: 1)

The Gunners’ squad depth issue came to light again on Monday as they huffed and puffed before managing to net the opener at Oxford United.

In the end, the win was all you would have expected ahead of a massive weekend.

1. Manchester United (👍 Last time: 2)

Eight wins in a row in all competitions, things are going very nicely indeed right now.

Erik ten Hag became the quickest manager in the club’s history to reach 20 wins this week and he has Marcus Rashford looking more prolific than ever.

Saturday’s Manchester derby should show just where United really are in their process.