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Pressure on Salah captainers as Lovren returns on Liverpool bench

All eyes turn to Anfield today as Liverpool host Burnley in the noon kick-off.

There will significant attention on Gameweek 30’s most-captained player Mohamed Salah (£13.4m), who has blanked five times in his last six Premier League outings.

With armband rival Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) registering just an assist for Manchester City on Saturday, there is an opportunity for the Egyptian to help his backers make up some ground.

They will be hoping for something like Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.4m) hat-trick against Watford, which has already set the bar for success in Gameweek 30 very high.

Salah will today operate alongside usual attacking colleagues Sadio Mané (£9.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m).

Adam Lallana (£6.9m) comes into central midfield for a first start since Gameweek 25 to sit between Fabinho (£5.5m) and Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.5m).

Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) and Joel Matip (£4.9m) are once again the central defensive pairing but there is a welcome return on the bench for Dejan Lovren (£4.9m).

Meanwhile, as expected, it’s Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.5m) at full-back.

Burnley have rolled out the usual 4-4-2 formation with the in-form Ashley Barnes (£5.7m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) hoping to stop Liverpool earning an 18th clean sheet of the season.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Burnley XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; Wood, Barnes.

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  1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get out of my team, Mo.

    Salah, Son and Rashford >>> Mane, Hazard and Vardy for a -4. Eight playing barring injuries.

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

      Thinking about ditching Mo too. He's ruining my mini league season.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Great

  2. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah(c), double Liverpool defence and no Sterling. AMA

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

      You're screwed.

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

    Sergio Ramos is a wizard indeed! Never the same after the incident.. poor Mo lol

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Justice for Arnold 😀

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool holding on

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

    Upset incoming

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

    What a season. Worse every week

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

      This. I'm over it

    2. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pure Luck.

      TAA vs Mane. Decided for TAA. Have Salah.

      Pereira and Anderson for the blanks. Right calls on the paper. Worst transfers i ever made.

      Holding Son vs. Southampton or sell for(-4)? Hold of course.

      In the end. Its pure luck.

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

        Haha sounds like you basically have the same team as me. It's tough knowing you've planned as well as you can but the choices just haven't worked out. I wanted Wilson for weeks but went with King as I wasn't sure Wilson would start. Sigh.

  8. Football Heaven
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Really want to do Salah and Anderson > mane and hazard -4 but it’s just not logical...

  9. Jealous Viper
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How bad is Trents injury

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Life threatening.

  10. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Now just a Robbo YC

  11. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah hatty v fulham when everyone captains Mane.

  12. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Crap week.. need Haz and Higu to save it.

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

      Hoping guain gets a brace today. Would be epic

  13. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    FFFSSSSS

  14. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    at least those of us with Liverpool defenders don't have to stew on what should have been a clean sheet. No way the first goal should have stood.

  15. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Trent injured!?

  16. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wahey!!

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

    Mane G
    Sturridge A

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

    4-2

  19. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wonderful decision making from Mane there. Dont want Salah to get any points

  20. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah to Mane anyone??

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Smart people did it two weeks ago.

      1. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I have enough for Pogba to Mane so I'll have both for the blanks, as I know a Salah brace is coming and I know it'll be the week after I take him out

    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Did that a couple of weeks ago for a hit with Son following him and Sterling(C) coming in so it's paid off for me...

  21. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Yesssss maneeeeeeeeeeer

  22. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get in Sadddioooooooo!!!

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

    Should have Captained MANE

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I did...then switched to Salah 🙁

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Happier with sterling

  24. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    SELL UR SALAH'S !

  25. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bugger that. No Liverpool double defence for me. Sterling to Mane if I can bag a bit of profit on sterling before Mane rises

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah fail. I owned Bobby and he didn't do much...

  27. Dammed Utd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    74 with out bonus with Paul P and Doherty to play happy with that

  28. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mane!!!

  29. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Keep it up, Sadio!

  30. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mané captain, we love it