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Wayne Rooney and Cesc Fabregas used to be teenage superstars of the Premier League, breaking record after record as they reached their early 20s. But now ?they find themselves warming the bench every week at their respective clubs as, writes ESPN FCs Rich Jolly, time catches up with them.Fabregas helped Arsenal to FA Cup glory in 2005 and was part of the squad that reached the Champions League final a year later. Arsene Wenger handed him the captains armband when he was just 21 years old.Rooney spent the summer celebrating Manchester Uniteds Champions League win over Chelsea in Moscow when Fabregas became Arsenal captain. Prior to that, he led the line as United won three Premier League titles on the trot under Sir Alex Ferguson.Spain was Fabregas biggest hope for trophies as they won Euro 2008 and the World Cup in South Africa in 2010. Rooney, however, was left forever frustrated on the international stage with the usual England drama that tends to explode whenever expectation rises.Now both players struggle to produce the form they used to for their clubs, who has had the better career?Wayne Rooney?Premier League: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13Champions League: 2007-08FA Cup: 2015-16League Cup: 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10Community Shield: 2007-08, 2010-11, 2016-17World Club Cup: 2008Rooney has played a total of 529 games in his career scoring a staggering 313 goals since bursting on the scene with Everton. Rooney has played for 115 times for England, becoming the countrys leading goal scorer with 53 goals.Before leaving Goodison Park for Old Trafford, Rooney played 77 games for his hometown club bagging 17 goals. At Manchester United, Rooney has reached a staggering 246 goal milestone for his club.Cesc Fabregas?Premier League: 2014-15FA Cup: 2004-05League Cup: 2014-15Community Shield: 2004-05Super Cup: 2011-12World Club Cup: 2011La Liga: 2012-13Copa Del Rey: 2011-12?FIFA World Cup: 2010UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012?Fabregas scored 57 goals in 303 games for Arsenal before leaving for Barcelona in 2011 to team up with his Spain international team mates. The Barcelona dream return did not go as planned for Fabregas as he played only 151 games for the Catalans, scoring 42 goals.Chelsea was his next destination where he now struggles to get game time. Fabregas has played 101 games for the Blues with 13 goals. At international level, Fabregas has been capped 10 short of Rooneys England games at 105, scoring 15 goals.? PHILADELPHIA -- A dejected Will Barton walked toward the bench, but the Denver Nuggets guard got a reprieve because it wasnt a substitution opportunity for his team. With a second chance, Barton responded in a huge way.Barton scored 22 points, including a big 3-pointer late, to lead Denver to a 106-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 24 points and Jamal Murray added 22 for the Nuggets, who won for just the second time in the last seven games. It was their second contest of a six-game road trip.Ersan Ilyasova, Sergio Rodriguez and Dario Saric all had 17 points for Philadelphia, which culminated a four-game homestand with its seventh straight defeat.Murray was waiting at the scorers table after Barton missed all four shots early in the third quarter. Barton had to quickly turn around and play defense after realizing Murray wasnt entering.From that point, Barton was 6 of 7 and tallied 16 points.I have to use that trick more often for some of our guys, Nuggets coach Michael Malone joked. Will ramped it up and played well and I took Jamal (back). Will got the message and he picked up his defensive intensity and was all over the place.Barton was glad to stay in the game.I walked off the court but they didnt let him in yet and that kind of saved me, he said. Jamal was my motivation. I had a tough little beginning to the third, but Im a guy who can play through my mistakes. I made up for them, got my energy going, picked it up and coach let me stay out there.Wilson Chandler, Denvers leading scorer at 18.6 points per game entering Monday, was scoreless until tallying 10 straight points beginning with a 3-pointer with 8:24 remaining that made it 84-74. He matched the Nuggets largest lead with another 3 that made it 89-78 with 6:25 left.Joel Embiids 3-pointer cut it to four, but Barton all but put the game away with a 3 of his own on Denvers next possession, making it 103-96 with 49 seconds to play.TOP ROOKIES MEETThe game featured Murray and Embbiid, the NBAs Western and Eastern Conference rookies of the month for October/November.dddddddddddd Embiid finished with 16 points.Embiid returned after sitting out Saturdays 107-106 loss to Boston, the seventh game he has missed this season due to the teams rehab plan not to play him on back-to-back nights after he was sidelined for his first two seasons with a foot injury. The 7-foot-2 center will not make the trip to Memphis, where the 76ers will play on Tuesday night.The game was a slump buster for Murray, who was 1 for 11 with two points combined in his last two contests. He went 8 for 12, including 3 for 7 from the arc.The highlight of the third period was Murrays 17-foot underhanded scoop shot that just beat the shot clock.TURNOVERS GALOREPhiladelphia coach Brett Brown bemoaned the clubs 14 second-half turnovers. The 76ers finished with 19 for the game.Theres a lot of things that led to the loss, (and) I think thats the major one, he said. The abundance of turnovers in a single half, its hard to find a way to win with that volume of turnovers.TIP-INSNuggets: Nikola Jokic (wrist) missed his third straight game and Gary Harris (foot) sat out his 12th in a row. ... Nelson, who attended nearby Saint Josephs University, received a warm ovation when he entered in the first quarter.76ers: The 76ers were without Jahlil Okafor, who was sick. Okafor wont make the trip to Memphis for Tuesdays game. ... Robert Covington (knee) missed his second straight game and Jerryd Bayless (wrist) sat out for the 18th time this season. ... Embiid was whistled for a technical after sending Kenneth Faried to the floor early in the third quarter.UP NEXTNuggets: Will try to end a five-game losing streak against the Nets when they visit Brooklyn on Wednesday night.76ers: Tuesday night at Memphis, where Philadelphia will try to avenge a 104-99 double-overtime loss at home on Nov. 23 ' ' '