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Sané misses out on starting XI after Double Gameweek disappointment

Leroy Sané (£9.6m) is the man to fall foul of Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy for their big game against Chelsea today.

The German international has been named on the bench for the Gameweek 26 clash at the Etihad Stadium, continuing a frustrating spell for his owners after he scored just point in Double Gameweek 25.

Starting on the flanks of Manchester City’s three-man attack are Raheem Sterling (£11.3m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.5m).

Having scored a hat-trick in his last Etihad Stadium appearance, Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) keeps his place at the spearhead of Manchester City’s line.

Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m), Fernandinho (£5.3m) and Ilkay Gündogan (£5.4m) are the central midfield trio, with David Silva (£8.5m) on the bench.

Double Gameweek 25 star Aymeric Laporte (£5.9m) keeps his place in the team once again but is back in more familiar surroundings as Guardiola has selected him at centre-back, after two outings on the left.

Next to him is John Stones (£5.2m), with Oleksandr Zinchenko (£4.7m) and Kyle Walker (£6.4m) on the flanks.

There are fewer surprises in the Chelsea line-up as Pedro (£6.3m) joins Eden Hazard (£10.9m) and Gonzalo Higuain (£9.5m) in their front three.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko; Gündogan, Fernandinho, De Bruyne; B Silva, Agüero, Sterling.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso; Kanté, Jorginho, Barkley; Pedro, Higuaín, Hazard.

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  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sarri = Insane.

    Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Aye

    2. Magic Andrés
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Why Do You Type Like This It's Annoying

  2. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    G2G for next GW?

    Boruc
    Pereira Kolasinac AWB Jonny
    Salah Pogba(c) Son Westwood
    Jimenez Rashford
    Ryan Bednarek Aguero Hazard

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kun (c) Pogba (vc)

  3. Samwise
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is Hamer now keeping for huddersfield?

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lössl got manflu

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lossl was ill.

  4. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Having no City this month just spoilt my season 🙁

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      They had a DGW.

      How odd, surely Sane...oh right.

  5. Ruudy Van
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I thought not having Pogba was going to hurt me this week but Sterling and Aguero have changed all that.

    Question with Holebas, is he banned for 2 league games now?

    If so would you replace him with Pereira or TAA? (Have Robbo)

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Perry

    2. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yep to Holebas - 2 games.

      Wait a week on TAA.

      1. Ruudy Van
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers guys.

        Sterling & Holebas to go Pogba and Perry.

        Do i bench aguero?

  6. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard has actually been pretty good. Not kidding.

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      he's been trying to run into spaces to receive the ball but basically never gets passed to

    2. The Enlightener
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Downvote button pushed by me in spirit

    3. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Created a lot of space, hardly lost possession, a lot of succesfull dribbles. Not many chances, though, but Higuain has been on holiday 2nd half.

      1. The Enlightener
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I have Hazard on my daily fantasy team and it has cost me entry into the money zone. So maybe I'm biased. Lol. But honestly, as the team's main player, you have to bring much more than he has to the table. But I guess mentally he's gone and he can't get along with Sarri, so there's much more going on than just normal football.

        1. The Enlightener
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Overall, no Chelsea player should have any sort of praise heaped on them today. That's my main point of view.

  7. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sarri to be sacked tomorrow....

  8. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    De Brunye is now pretty useless in fantasy football terms.

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He’s only played a couple of games since coming back from injury.

  9. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    160 odd points in two weeks with Doherty and Jimenez to go 🙂

  10. Yome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sarri better walk away and resign, this is humiliating!

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Man City PA system should play Oasis' Cigarettes and Alcohol to cheer him up.

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling the match winner, currently.

    Take that extra BAP!

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lol kun owners fuming

    2. fusen
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero got first goal = he gets master winners BAPS

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Are you sure?

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        What game you watching?

      3. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sterling first goal mate

      4. fusen
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        ignore, Sterlings was so long ago forgot about it 😛

      5. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sterling got first goal mate

  12. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero AND Sterling owner 😎

    Was on a mighty 23 points yesterday. GW saved

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nice. Currently working out how to cram Aguero in with midfield of Salah Sterling Son Pogba Mane.

      1. BoleynWin
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Lose Mané surely?

        1. Catastrophe
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Out of the 5 yeah. Could do Mane & Jimenez-> Aguero & 4.3 but don't really want to lose Jimmy had him for ages.

    2. Hands Guber
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lovely, captain one?

  13. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling closing in on 3 BAPS with winning goal +bps?

  14. Camino Aleatorio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Antonio Conte just called Roman Ambramovic and said...

    "MISS ME YET?"

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Jose needed!

      1. Camino Aleatorio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        If you mean me, I agree! My name is Jose

        But if you mean Jose the crazy Portuguese Old Man, he's headed to jail for not paying taxes, no

    2. Yome
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hiddink

  15. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not every day that Aguero gets a hatty but loses out on three baps

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Give non-owners some hope 😉

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      insane

  16. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Raheeeeeeem YES

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Dial up?

  17. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sarri: “What time we kicking off?”

    Zola: “Every 10 minutes boss”

  18. Essan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Being a Sane owner last week was a disaster

    Being a Sane owner this week is even worse .....

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Choosing Sane over Sterling and doing the above is even worse

    3. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not so bad this week, captained last week and 6 Shaw points off the bench this week...loads rage transferred out already it seems!

    4. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sane auba owner here

  19. mojoindojo
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Got 9m for 2 def. Who to get?

    Robertson AWB Bednarek ? ?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pereira and someone else

  20. QueefParkRangers
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard back to old tricks, trolling his owners

  21. aborg
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I can’t take this anymore. I had already a terrible weekend last time with only Sane and lost so many places in mini leagues, and now this again !!

  22. Babit1967
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get in Sterling

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Again ? or Dial-up

  23. tisza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sarri was a Tactical genius after reverse fixture (even though City should have been 2,3 up before Chelsea scored).

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The only difference was City took their chances today

  24. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I'm so stupid for keeping Sane this gw after hia last Weeks amazing haul.
    Where did I go wrong. What a loser I am!

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      *his

    2. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kept him too. Gone from must have to avoid at all cost

    3. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I think it was smart to keep on paper. I mean it’s not worked out, but the logic for keeping was there and they just won 6-0.

      You made a smart choice and got unlucky. That’s it imo.

      1. LǝgleSs e|even
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thx for the consolation flaps. Was just feeling devastated

  25. Ode
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Top 10k average up by 19 today.

    1. QueefParkRangers
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sane smiling to all his owners from the bench

    2. McEwan
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That’s lower than I would expect

  26. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Shoot Sterling you hero

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Who is the hero and why do you want to shootsterling

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        No time for commas I needed to get the message to him quickly. Unfortunately he passed

  27. Lazaretti
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Own Sane want to sell and I will. Willing to wait after cup games. Already annoyed that most ppl cant wait and his price will drop too early.

  28. Amey
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mane to sane for -4 gone well then

  29. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pep’s going to wear that jumper to the press conference every week.

  30. jia you
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    99 with Doherty and Rondon to go, any good?
    (sry, always wanted to do one of these annoying posts)

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Glad this was a bottom of the page post 😉

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        actually 101 if Raz steals the last bap

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Great job mate