Sutton, who has joined Villa until the end of the season, had a goal disallowed and played 74 minutes of the 3-2 win at Upton Park. It was the 33-year-old's first meaningful action since parting with Villa's close rivals Birmingham at the end of last season after an injury-hit time at St Andrew's.However, O'Neill knows what Sutton is capable of from their time together at Celtic. Martin O'Neill, the Aston Villa manager, has challenged Chris Sutton to recapture the form he showed for him at Celtic after the striker made his debut for the club in a reserve match at West Ham. Didier Drogba's winner was an astonishing eruption of sweet power and skill - and it triggered a conviction that tore through Bar?s lattice-work of often delicate skill.. But Chelsea made a different kind of reality, and in the end it had an inspiring quality all of its own.

Out of the most acrid and destructive of controversies - and the ironic derision heaped upon the beautifully gifted Lionel Messi - something genuinely stirring happened here last night. Chelsea beat the champions of Europe with a show of power and ultimate self-confidence after once again staring at the possibility of humiliation. For a while Barcelona promised another example of the football that makes dreams. Others: 25 Scotland (34); 49 Republic of Ireland (43); 77 Wales (62).. Three games later, and the team have proven their worth and now we are getting the respect."Northern Ireland went on to beat Latvia and draw with Denmark in the most recent Euro 2008 qualifiers, but still have to face the group leaders, Sweden "We not getting carried away," Sanchez said. "Whatever we do, we'll probably do it the hard way."The point of the rankings is that when they pick the qualifying groups for the next World Cup, instead of being in group six out of seven, we will be in group four or five and there will be even more teams in the group we are capable of beating."Fifa's world rankings (previous month in brackets): 1 Brazil (1), 1,560pts; 2 Italy (5), 1,540; 3 France (2), 1,483; 4 Argentina (3) 1,446; 5 England (4), 1,370; 6 Germany (8), 1,339; 7 Netherlands (6), 1,313; 8 Czech Republic (7), 1,253; 9 Portugal (9), 1,224; 10 Spain (10) 1,198; 11 Nigeria (11) 1,139; 12 Cameroon (12) 1,110; 13 Ukraine (13) 1,054; 14 Greece (22) 979; 15 Switzerland (14) 978; 16 Sweden (18) 975; 17 Uruguay (15) 903; 18 Ivory Coast (19) 893; 20= Mexico (17) and Croatia (24) 882.

He explained his displeasure, saying: "My argument was that there was a lack of respect for what the team had achieved and to be vilified for one poor game was not right and denigrated all the hard work. "You can't buy players - the only way to bring them in is to regenerate from the bottom."Some players in particular have responded magnificently, such as Steve Davis - you sometimes forget how young he is - and David Healy, who has played in 24 out of the 28 games while I have been in charge and scored 16 goals."Sanchez was furious with the reaction to the 3-0 defeat by Iceland in August, so much so that he allegedly handed in his resignation after the side's famous 3-2 win over Spain in the following match. "It's been a mixture of the experienced players who stayed on - some who couldn't cope with what we wanted fell by the wayside - and we re-energised with fresh blood from below," he added. We scored in our first game, won our second, are now 45th."I should have said the fourth thing would be to go above the Republic of Ireland, and now we have.