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Six Premier League matches take place at 15:00 GMT today and there was mixed news for Fantasy owners upon the release of the teamsheets an hour before kick-off.

The good news for those FPL managers backing Liverpool’s most-owned assets is that Jurgen Klopp has named perhaps the strongest side available to him, with Xherdan Shaqiri joining Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino in a 4-2-3-1 for the for the visit of Newcastle United.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returns from injury to start, while Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk also make Klopp’s starting XI.

The 11.7% of Fantasy managers who own Anthony Martial were left disappointed, however, as the Frenchman misses out on the visit of Huddersfield Town through illness.

Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford all start, however.

Richarlison drops to the bench for the first time this season as Marco Silva deploys a wing-back system for the trip to Turf Moor, though Lucas Digne keeps his place.

Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane line up either side of Sergio Aguero for Manchester City as Riyad Mahrez once again has to make do with a place among the substitutes, while there is a start for Kevin De Bruyne in central midfield.

Kyle Walker drops to the bench as Danilo starts at right-back, while Leicester City are unchanged.

Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen all start for Spurs at Wembley, meanwhile, though Dele Alli fails to recover from a hamstring injury and Kieran Trippier is rotated to the bench.

Ryan Fraser returns to the Bournemouth starting XI as Josh King makes way.

Rafael Benitez and Neil Warnock have made six and five changes to their sides respectively, with Salomon Rondon and Callum Paterson among the casualties.

Jeffrey Schlupp drops out of the Crystal Palace XI as Cheikhou Kouyate returns.

Sean Dyche sticks with a 5-3-2 for the visit of Everton, while David Wagner has made three changes to his team for the trip to Old Trafford.

Burnley XI: Hart, Lowton, Gibson, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick, Barnes, Vokes.

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Zouma, Mina, Coleman, Gomes, Sigurdsson, Digne, Walcott, Calvert-Lewin, Bernard.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Meyer, McArthur, Kouyaté, Zaha, Townsend.

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Harris, Camarasa, Ralls, Hoilett, Reid.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Choudhury, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Vardy, Maddison.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Danilo, Stones, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sane, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Diame, Hayden, Kenedy, Muto, Joselu.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelöf, Jones, Shaw, Fred, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Rashford.

Huddersfield Town XI: Lössl, Kongolo, Zanka, Schindler, Hadergjonaj, Durm, Billing, Mbenza, Depoitre, Pritchard, Kachunga.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Foyth, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lucas, Son, Kane.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Francis, S Cook, Aké, Daniels, Brooks, Lerma, Surman, Fraser, Stanislas, Wilson.

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  1. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Refresh refresh refresh..waiting for that special something...

  2. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    https://streamja.com/1KXk

    Salah with a broken shoulder again?

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      awful dive

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Wow. That is a shocker

    3. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      There is only one Sergio

  3. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    With the players on and the bench they have, id be surprised if Richarlison doesnt get on

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I don't want it, but it will happen

  4. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Ref is a mug. More times I see the 'penalty' the worse it gets

    1. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      When it happened live, I thought ref was surefire gonna book him.

    2. sweglet
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      you're such a loser, stop crying

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        lol

    3. QueefParkRangers
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      god, shut up

    4. Patch
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Dude just take the points and run...

  5. Nabs Kebabs
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Bought Salah in and captained him this week but what a dive lol, should've been a yellow card not a penalty

  6. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Pathetic commentary on NCB not calling out the dive for what it is.

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Almost ripped his shoulder off

      • hafakilo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        What do you expect from the national council for the blind

        1. Podge
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          😆

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Bottomed.
      Get Salaha now or wait the City game to pass?

      1. Grounderz
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Option C: Calm your tits down.

    3. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Selling Salah for Sterling weeks ago has been a disaster

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        +1

      2. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        tell me about it. I am in same boat. All downhil after that

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          top 60K to 200K

    4. Ross From Friends
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      LOL that dive......incredible

    5. JohnnyMagrinho
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Typical Harry Kane trolling us this afternoon. Spurs score 3 and he’s not involved in any of them.

        Awesome.

        1. yakirh
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Get ready for a typical Hazard trolling as well, gonna score a hattrick today

        2. TheSteel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yeah but he could still bag 2 and 3 bod

        3. FPL Daniel
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          yes. that is it.

      • LǝgleSs e|even
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Salah is just doing his job.. and he's doing it well tbh. Stop it guys..

      • OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Kane biggest troll in the Marvel Universe

        1. LǝgleSs e|even
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Still isnt off yet.. keep faith

        2. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Thanos dusted my (C) points.

      • diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Probably not that many minutes left for Kane now.

      • Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Ppl actually transfered in 3 Utd players for -8

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          No Martial, No Party.

      • Woy_is_back
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Kane should surely get rested now 😉

        1. OPTA FPL
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          lol

        2. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Shush hey

      • Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Will Kane make 60’?

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Just IMO

        2. CRO KLOPP
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Better not,he could get YC

        3. SweeSwee
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Average of 86 for males (non-smokers) in north London these days.

      • Chucky
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        kane capo fail 🙁 should have just left the armband on salah 🙁

        1. Burger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          😀

      • SweeSwee
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Retrospective red card for Diving Mohammed?

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Nope. He was fouled. Soft foul, but still a foul.

      • Monkey Hanger
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        46k watching Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Another 50k watching on big screen just outside. Not bad for a League one match.

        1. *sigh*
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Free cheesy chips at half time sealed the deal.

      • g40steve
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Offside Stan

      • Subzero (-4)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Disclaimer I have not seen decision but this is sky sports commentary

        Salah turns inside Dummett on the Liverpool right and when he gets his arm dragged back, he takes the chance to go down. He certainly made a meal of it, but there's no question Dummett was pulling him back. Soft, but fair.

        1. Black Knights
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          The video is top of this page.

        2. SweeSwee
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          “No Salah with a hilarious imitation of Neymar”

        3. The Enlightener
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          There are always two sides to such debates. I think the other side is a stronger case. But that's just my opinion.

          1. Subzero (-4)
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Just seen it. There was minimal contact but still contact. He made a meal of it definitely but surely a dive is when there is no contact at all.

            1. The Enlightener
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Defo dumb by defender to take that action, even if minimal. But the dive is so bad in relation to the contact that it merits criticism. And if it isn't a clear case of a dive, as u define it to be, then it is at the very least a dramatacized flop.

              1. The Enlightener
                • 12 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                But props to the player if the ref gonna call it.

        4. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Sky in putting lipstick on the dog to protect their product shocker

          1. Subzero (-4)
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Seen it mate and unfortunately I agree it's very soft but not a dive for me. Player pulls his arm but there is some minimal contact. It's very harsh penalty but I don't think it's a clear cut dive.

      • Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Auba and Kola start

        1. Pompel
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Need an Auba hatty now to save the GW

        2. Hect.OR 98th
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Phew. Should get 10 out this week.

        3. Podge
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Ty

      • Black Knights
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Auba laca Kola start

        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Dropped laca this week, you know he will score

      • BenDavies
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        I literally cannot wait for GW22 when I can finally get Salah in and never have panic attacks every time I watch Liverpool. I can already feel the relief.

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Same

        2. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          yes in same boat

      • Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Auba the machine!

      • Ha.
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Points when?

      • LǝgleSs e|even
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Is Kane on penos?

      • Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        DDG monster save

      • Chucky
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        AUBABA STARTS

      • Alli 3',17',64�…
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Auba and Laca owner 😀