What a week of football that was. From midweek excitement through to a landmark weekend of big club tussles, excitement presented itself at every turn.
The Madrid derby, Chelsea vs. Liverpool in consecutive matches, Juventus facing Napoli...the European fixture list handed us drama and talking points on a consistent basis. And so many top teams dropped points.
This all plays a formative role in this week's European Club Rankings, a list of the continent's top teams in order of estimated strength and form at this stage of the season.
It was difficult to assemble this time around, given how poorly so many of our top order performed over the past seven days.