Aston Villa’s draw in Moscow against CSKA spelled Gareth Barry’s (picture) exit from the FTBL rating of world best players.
Barry lost 6.90 points, allowing Brazilian Juninho Pernambucano of Lyon, who earned 10.43 points in the last game against Le Havre, to edge pass him in the rating. Juninho scored the third goal in the game, allowing his side to walk away with a comfortable 3-1 victory. He now has a rating of 131.07 points. Barry only has 126.62 points.
The remaining Villa players have also lost ground: Gabriel Agbonlahor has lost 13.97 points and now has a rating of 137.32. Defender Luke Young lost 6.41 points, which puts his current rating at 84.66.
Only Norway striker John Carew, thanks to the goal that allowed his side to level the game, earned points: he added 12.08 points and continues to top the list of best Norwegian strikers with 91.16 points.
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