Champions League Power Rankings: Barcelona, Aston Villa and Juventus climb; Real Madrid stumble |Max Sporty|

1Manchester City+2There is no way to bounce back from the disappointment of the Champions League like ripping 28 shots and seeing four different players find the back of the net. Welcome back Ilkay Gundogan, who scored his first City goal since leaving for Barcelona.2Liverpool+3Under Arne Slot, Liverpool will show up, score more goals than their opponents and do what it takes to manage the game. It’s a way to win quite a few games and made easier by having Mohamed Salah in the side.3Juventus+3With their goalkeeper sent off, Juventus showed an impressive streak and Dusan Vlahovic went into takeover mode to pull out a win. This is what good teams do and every week Juventus show that they are quite capable under Thiago Motta.4Barcelona+4By making good use of right play, Barcelona were able to run up the score on Young Boys and put Monaco’s disappointment behind them. Bonuses for Robert Lewandowski netting a brace.5Arsenal+4Arsenal’s defense is top notch limiting PSG to an xG of 0.39 and even with the attack not firing on all cylinders, it wouldn’t matter because Mikel Arteta has big-game players.6Real Madrid-4Not Kylian Mbappe (to start the match), some problems for Real Madrid. It’s bad to lose against Lille, but this isn’t something that will get La Blancos down either. They now see their 36-match unbeaten run come to an end in UCL play altogether.7between+3Inter rotated and were still able to blow Crvena zvezda off the pitch. While the Serbian side is much stronger at home than away, it is still impressive to put four past them.8Bayer Leverkusen+3There are three teams back in UCL play who have not conceded and Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen is one of them. The German side is handling the step up in European competition well.9Bayern Munich-8Vincent Kompany’s first loss as Bayern Munich manager is unfortunate but Unai Emery has his number.10Aston Villa+6Jhon Duran is becoming the best reliever in the game. Coming off the bench and changing the match, he was able to get Villa the win and it was deserved after Unai Emery’s game plan.11Atalanta+1The Europa League winners are ready for the big stage closing to a two-goal half-time lead on Shakhtar and keeping the pressure on to secure a clean sheet. A really great start.12Paris Saint-Germain-8There is concern over Gianluigi Donnarumma’s performance against Arsenal. While PSG will do the knockouts, failing to score a goal against the top opposition could see their run end right there.13Benfica+1The Kerem Akturkoglu show continues. Since joining Benfica he has four goals and two assists in all competitions as this is becoming quite a balanced side.14Borussia Dortmund+1Dortmund will be looking to face Kasper Schmeichel every week after that seven-goal performance. Karim Adeyemi has been stellar and after being shock Champions League finalists there could be something brewing with Dortmund again.15Sports Club Lisbon-2It could have been worse considering the pressure Sporting’s defense was put under by PSV throughout the match, but it could also have been a lot better given how difficult some of Sporting’s subsequent matches will be. You take the draw, but you are not happy with it.16Athletic Madrid-9It’s one thing for a vintage Diego Simeone defense to go out the window, it’s another for Atleti not to be able to attack after how much has been invested in Julian Alvarez and Conor Gallagher.17Brest+2The surprise package of the tournament with six points through two matches, Brest is enjoying its maiden Champions League. campaign18Lille+4Rode a first-half penalty to beat Real Madrid in front of their home faithful. What a result for Lille to pick up their fist points in the league stage.19Monaco+1Monaco went down 2-0 and came back for a draw. That will do after already getting a win in the first match of UCL play. Four points is something anyone would take.20Sparta Prague+5Another surprising team putting in strong performances, Sparta drawing Stuttgart has them in a good place to advance to the play-off round.21RB Leipzig-4RB Leipzig went up a man, removed the Juventus keeper and still found a way to lose. Not great.22PSV+1It’s good to be back against Sporting CP and Jerdy Schouten could have one of the goals of the tournament when all is said and done.23Celtic-3The real Celtic is somewhere between the one who dispatched Slovan Bratislava and the one who fell to Dortmund, but Brendan Rodgers needs that balanced side to emerge quickly.24Milan-3At this rate, struggling to put together attacks against Bayer Leverkusen, just making the 16-year-old can be an achievement for Milan.25Girona-1Two own goals and a missed penalty in a winnable game is not enough. Girona have been through a lot of changes this season but they are their own worst enemies at the moment.26VfB Stuttgart+1Attacking is good but not when chances cannot be converted. Stuttgart still play as a fun team to watch, but that doesn’t always lead to results in UCL.27Feyenoord+9Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Feyenoord will have to send Girona flowers to save them from their own mistakes, but three points will go a long way to making the top 24 even if they don’t perform well enough.28Dinamo Zagreb+6What a way to bounce back from a loss to Bayern Munich. It’s not the greatest match, as Zagreb would have liked to win, but picking up a point is an important start.29Club Bruges—It wasn’t pretty but Brugge got the job done and collected three points. They gave themselves a chance.30Bologna-4Another match to forget and Bologna have failed to score a goal in two UCL matches so far. Panci button?31Young Boys-3Young Boys almost scored a goal, which I guess counts for something?32Shakhtar Donetsk-2Missing a penalty that would have secured victory. Their first match followed by being beaten by Atalanta is not great.33Red Star-2A match to forget in Italy in what could be a long UCL of matches to forget for the Serbian side.34SK Strum Graz-1Austria hasn’t had a great tournament so far but it’s all about the fun they have on the road right? Strum Graz is just here for the ride.35RB Salzburg-3I knew that Salzburg could not defend coming into UCL, but the attacking problems will have this team struggle to stay far from the bottom of the table, which is far from a side that used to be a plague to make the last 16.36Slavic Bratislava-1No shame in being worked on by Manchester City. It happens to most teams.