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20 April 2019 1516 comments
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Mauricio Pochettino has pulled the rug from under our feet yet again with a surprise line-up to face Manchester City today.

Both Hugo Lloris (£5.4m) and Kieran Trippier (£6.0m) are absent from the matchday squad.

According to the manager, the French goalkeeper has picked up a small problem ahead of this match, so Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.5m) is in goal for Spurs.

“He suffered some small problem, muscle problem, but hopefully it’s not a big issue and he’ll be ready for Tuesday.” – Mauricio Pochettino

Meanwhile, there are four centre-backs and one full-back named in the side.

It looks like Toby Alderweireld (£6.0m), Davinson Sánchez (£5.8m) and Jan Vertonghen (£5.9m) are the back-three, with Ben Davies (£5.6m) and Juan Foyth (£5.0m) on the left and right flanks respectively.

There is better news further up the pitch for Fantasy managers with Son Heung-min (£8.8m) lining up as a centre-forward alongside Lucas Moura (£6.8m), while Christian Eriksen (£9.3m) starts in central midfield.

On the bench for Spurs is Fernando Llorente (£5.1m) and forgotten man Vinent Janssen.

Manchester City’s starting XI is more straight forward, with Sergio Aguero (£11.7m), Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) and Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m) all in the side.

Phil Foden (£4.5m) makes just his second Premier League start of the campaign in midfield.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Foden, De Bruyne, B. Silva, Sterling, Aguero.

Spurs XI: Gazzaniga, Foyth, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Moura, Son.

  1. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    You just know Brighton will win and keep a clean sheet today.

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Atill have dunk

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 12 months ago

        I still have duffmeister

  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Where's this BLOODBATH we were all promised?!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Were we promised that?

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      That was the other night

    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Lloris owners and KDB captainers are pretty bloodied

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Spurs denied a pen.

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      City denied 2 so far, that one for spurs similar to Toby earlier

  4. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    That is the second pen that city should have had.

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Sorry i mean the second pen the game should have had.

    2. The 5% Team
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      City?

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 12 months ago

        I live in the countryside. 😉

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    57 minutes gone or?

  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Walker almost gifting a pen

  7. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    C’mon Spurs, grab a goal ffs....

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      A verthongen goal would be amazing

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Where is VAR?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Pep turned it off.

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 12 months ago

        He's a spoilsport...ruining all the fun

  9. Robson-Canoe
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Yay Sterling survives 60 mins

  10. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    FPL General has no luck this season

    1. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      He will be "FPL Private 2nd class" after being relegated from Elite League.

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      FPL Lance Corporal next season...

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Petty Officer

    4. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Some suspect decisions combined with bad luck, recipe for a catastrophic season

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Walker is going to make a big mistake here, can just see it coming

    1. Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Walker makes at least one big mistake per match, massively overrated as a defender.

  12. JIMMY TUGGINS
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    This game makes me really want Bernardo.

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      KDB, Erik > Salah, Bilva is tempting.

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      He's taken mate

    3. TAT
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Might do Eriksen > Bernardo myself.

    4. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      1st name on my team sheet next season

  13. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Wanyama ON
    Dier OFF

  14. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Captain makes 60 yessssss

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      That is actually a massive success. The amount of times I've been burned this season with early subs is untrue

  15. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    10 mins until we picked the wrong Watford defender 🙂

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      I picked 3 (inc Fotser) 😀

  16. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    What does Dier actually add to the spurs team?

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Nothing he’s cack, worse than Hendermong for Liverpool

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      One of the worst players in a Top 6 side, if he wasn’t English he’d be playing in League 1, shocking player.

    3. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      A slightly inferior Declan Rice?

    4. Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Just a warm body to fill a space on the pitch, that's about it.

    5. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Backup to Sissoko these days, nothing more.

      Now Spurs have financial muscle and pulling power in the transfer market, he's surely one of the first to be squeezed out.

  17. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Need a goal? Get Wanyama on mate

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Aguero has been poor

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      -4 for Llorente

    2. _Make
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      For a few weeks

  19. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sane coming on.

  20. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sane coming on

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sane time.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Who for

  22. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sterling 3 point locked!

  23. IRBOX ⚽
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sane probably for Sterling

  24. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sane probably for our captain

  25. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Sane for.......

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Prob Sterling

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 12 months ago

        Thought that might happen...

    2. It's Fergie Time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      kun

  26. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Here comes Sane!

  27. Robson-Canoe
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    High risk of Sterling not starting vs United after today's (non-)performance

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Haha!

  28. Planet Head
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Leroy loves his energy gels

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Absolutely pointless taking now for 20 minutes

  29. Samwise the Brave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    100% Sterling

    1. Samwise the Brave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Well maybe 99% lol

    2. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Kun off

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Aguero subbed