Manchester United F.C. — Best pictures!

Despite scoring a double and inspiring the Reds to a convincing 3:0 win away at West Ham yesterday, skipper Steven Gerrard (pictured) failed to advance in our FTBL rating: in fact, he lost points.

Stuttgart forward Mario Gomez’s four goals against Wolfsburg in German Bundesliga action on Saturday allowed him to overtake Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney as the new leader of our FTBL Top 23 rating of best forwards in the world.

Manchester will host their city rivals at Old Trafford on Sunday in what is usually a bitterly fought encounter, with Robinho, the only City player in our FTBL Top 23 for the English Premier League with 159.61 points, having a good chance to add to his

Manchester United Brazilian midfielder Anderson (pictured right in blew jersey) has broken into our FTBL trio of best world young midfielders (up to 21).

Russian former international Andrey Tikhonov is proving that he has had an illustrious career: he recently broke into the list of best world veteran forwards with 49.42 points, and, despite playing for obscure Lokomotiv Astana in the Kazakhstan league,