Despite abounding rumours and last-minute panics, the Liverpool team news proved to be fairy routine for Gameweek 13.
Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Sadio Mané (£9.9m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) were all named on the team-sheet for the trip to Watford.
Andrew Robertson (£6.5m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.1m) and Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.0m) were considered selection doubts by some but they also start the fixture.
Joe Gomez (£5.1m) misses out with a minor ankle injury.
Meanwhile, Liverpool’s hosts Watford benched Isaac Success (£4.6m) and Jose Holebas (£4.8m) was ruled out with a calf problem.
Manchester City’s line-up did not throw up too many surprises with Sergio Aguero (£11.5m), Raheem Sterling (£11.2m) and David Silva (£8.6m) retaining their places.
Fabian Delph (£5.3m) comes in for the injured Benjamin Mendy while John Stones (£5.3m) was benched for Nicolas Otamendi (£6.1m) at centre-back.
Pascal Groß (£6.7m) returned to the Brighton line-up with Anthony Knockaert (£5.5m) keeping his place in the side.
Leicester started James Maddison (£6.8m) while Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) was considered fit enough only for the bench.
Popular options in the transfer market this week in Richarlison (£7.0m) and Lucas Digne (£4.8m) were both on the team-sheet for Everton.
Claudio Ranieri made just one change in his first match in charge of Fulham with Jean Michael Seri (£5.3m) coming in for Andre Franck Zambo Anguissa (£4.4m), with Calum Chambers (£4.2m) still in midfield.
Anthony Martial (£7.6m) kept his place for Manchester United and he will have to face-up to Crystal Palace’s finest with Mamadou Sakho (£5.0m) and James Tomkins (£4.3m) coming through fitness tests to start.
The Line-ups
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION XI: Ryan; Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo; Knockaert, Pröpper, Kayal, Izquierdo; Groß; Murray.
LEICESTER CITY XI: Schmeichel; Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Evans, Chilwell; Mendy, Iborra; Gray, Maddison, Albrighton; Okazaki
EVERTON XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne; André Gomes, Gueye; Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Richarlison
CARDIFF CITY XI: Etheridge; Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham; Ralls; Camarasa, Gunnarsson, Arter, Harris; Paterson.
FULHAM XI: Rico, Odoi, Chambers, Le Marchand, Mawson, Christie, Sessegnon, Seri, Cairney, Schurrle, Mitrovic
SOUTHAMPTON XI: McCarthy, Soares, Yoshida, Hoedt, Targett, Hojbjerg, Lemina, Armstrong, Redmond, Austin, Gabbiadini.
MANCHESTER UNITED XI: De Gea; Darmian, Lindelöf, Smalling, Young; Matic, Pogba; Lingard, Mata, Martial; Lukaku.
CRYSTAL PALACE XI: Hennessey; Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyaté, Meyer; Townsend, Zaha.
WATFORD XI: Foster; Kiko FemenÃa, Mariappa, Cathcart, Masina; Doucouré, Capoue; Hughes, Pereyra; Deulofeu, Deeney
LIVERPOOL XI: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Shaqiri, Firmino, Mane, Salah.
WEST HAM UNITED XI: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Balbuana, Diop, Masuaku, Obiang, Rice, Diangana, Anderson, Arnautovic, Antonio
MANCHESTER CITY XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Sterling, D.Silva, Sane, Aguero
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