UEFA Champions League: Matchday 2 - Top 5 performers

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Is there a better central striker in the world at the moment than Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Falcao? Robin van Persie? Sergio Aguero? Diego Costa, maybe? All them are world-class players but for me, Zlatan is the best. A player who single-handedly wins games. The Champions League is one trophy that has eluded Ibrahimovic, despite him winning nine league titles over the last ten years. The Swede celebrates his 32nd birthday today, and at this point in his career he must be desperate to get his hands on the “Big Ears”, and it showed against Benfica. He scored two goals in the first half an hour and was a constant threat to Benfica’s defence in the second half.