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Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney (pictured left) has regained the top spot in our FTBL rating of best world forwards after lying in wait for two months. The change in leadership was effected by former leader David Villa’s poor performance in the

Real Madrid's and Iker Casillas’s fiasco at Santiago Bernabeu against Barcelona resulted in the return of Chelsea’s Petr Cech (pictured in center) in the number 2 spot in our FTBL Top 23 rating of world best goalkeepers. Cech earned 11.00 rating points

Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi grabbed the second place in our FTBL World Top 23 rating of best midfielders after a dazzling performance in Barcelona’s 6:2 thrashing of rivals Real Madrid yesterday in La Liga. Messi now has 193.21 points over all.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will have a perfect opportunity this coming weekend to close the 2-point gap separating him from his main rival Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas in the FTBL rating of goalkeepers and, maybe, grab the lead.

While Manchester United were taking care of Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford, their main rival in the Premier League Liverpool were busy erasing the memory of last week’s disastrous title-wise draw against Arsenal. The Reds brushed aside Hull City 3:1,