And while the Spanish side scored at a higher rate (0.4 more goals per game) and both teams have conceded at about the same rate, Bayern's defensive record this season is second-to-none.

WSJ: Bayern Munich's Tough Manager Call

As an introduction to the controversies surrounding Richard III, the book is second-to-none - and as a novel, it is absorbing, engaging, and utterly compelling, sweeping up each new reader in its argument.

BBC: King Richard III

We feel great about our second-to-none ground game.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Though Dixon wears his eco credentials lightly, his crusade to make low-voltage lighting attractive is second to none, as illustrated by Luminosity, a collection of lamps, lights and shades that he also presented last month in Milan.

WSJ: Tom Dixon Makes Things Better

I'm afraid, are inviting serious harm to what is arguably the single most important asset that makes our military second to none in the world - namely, the ability to use in real time and with great effect intelligence.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 9/11 Families for a Secure America

Sony is a high-cost producer with a brand name that is second to none.

ECONOMIST: Sony: Multimedia is the message | The

Taking Coldstream's motto "Second to None" to heart, Calico House offers interior-designed rooms (it is the home of interior designer Marion Williams), at great value.

BBC: Mini guide to the Scottish Borders

It is surely no coincidence that according to McAfee's statistics the second-largest source of SQL injections in the first quarter was none other than America.

ECONOMIST: Hackers hit big companies, the IMF and the headlines

This fund, run by Charles Mangum, is a mega-cap, multinational that boasts, according to Lowell, a defensive track record second to none.

FORBES: How Stable Is Your Core?

High-mortality Liberia actually saw impressive GDP increases whereas Senegal, whose record in child mortality is second to none, had a rather anaemic growth rate by recent African standards (3.8% a year, half that of Rwanda).

ECONOMIST: African child mortality