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Premier League: Almunia Pushes Reds’ Reina Out of Top 23

Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia (pictured) rose to the top 3 of the FTBL ranking of Premier League goalkeepers, as we predicted, after keeping a clean sheet as the Gunners convincingly defeated Standard Liege 2:0 in the group stage of the Champions League last Tuesday.

With an overall FTBL score of 90.32 points, Almunia has pushed Liverpool’s José Reina (85.9 points) out of the top 3 of the ranking.

It is worth noticing however that Reina will have a chance to recover lost ground in his next game; he will go in with a guaranteed bonus of 3 rating points, while Almunia will have to avoid conceding a goal once again. If the Reds win their next game without conceding a single goal, Reina will be back in the top 3 of the ranking, at Almunia's expense.

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Dream Team	4035.54		1.46
My team	0.00		0.00
English Premier League	3497.78		23.81
Spanish Primera	3517.37		16.76
Italian Serie A	2796.12		0.27
German Bundesliga	2907.60		-19.12
French Ligue 1	2442.23		-8.68
Russian Premier League	1747.41		-0.70
Europe	3796.41		15.79
Youth (up to 21)	2210.33		-33.80
Old-timers (35 plus)	1886.78		-0.23

13:1 Players

Víctor Valdés	147.14	▲	5.6
Iker Casillas	130.55	▲	5.96
Palop	95.38	▲	3.5
Dani Alves	153.64	▲	6.74
Carles Puyol	127.94	▼	-2.74
Gerard Piqué	118.54	▼	-17.28
Sergio Ramos	112.54	▲	10.01
Arbeloa	111.83	▲	7.31
Raul Albiol	108.65	▲	5.96
Lionel Messi	312.87	▼	-1.66
Xavi	215.47	▲	13.9
Gonzalo Higuaín	167.11	▲	2.71
Andres Iniesta	153.24	▲	13.05
Xabi Alonso	137.69	▲	10.1
Kaká	136.40	▲	23.9
Sergio Busquets	120.31	▼	-5.05
Seydou Keita	117.70	▲	9.4
David Villa	202.39	▲	9.3
Zlatan Ibrahimović	184.49	▼	-12.43
Diego Forlán	177.63	▲	13.26
Cristiano Ronaldo	172.63	▼	-4.15
Thierry Henry	163.56	▲	4.32
Karim Benzema	149.67	▲	11.26

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