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Mané returns to Liverpool front-three as Moyes starts Ngakia at right-back

Jurgen Klopp has named a routine Liverpool side to face West Ham in the final match of Gameweek 27.

Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) comes into the Monday night encounter as the most-captained player and starts in his traditional berth on the right flank of the Reds’ front-three.

He is joined in the strike force by Roberto Firmino (£9.7m) and Sadio Mané (£12.3m), who returns to the team for a first league start since the first match of Double Gameweek 24.

The Senegalese international may enjoy his evening against West Ham as David Moyes has taken the bold move of starting young defender Jeremy Ngakia (£4.0m) at right-back instead of the more experienced Pablo Zabaleta (£4.2m).

His performance will be of particular interest to Fantasy managers as the task of marking Mané is a big one. A poor night could mean big things for the £12.3m man, but if Ngakia impresses enough to hold onto his place, he could become an interesting asset considering his £4.0m price.

Another interesting decision sees Sebastien Haller (£6.8m) left on the bench alongside Manuel Lanzini (£6.2m), Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m) to enable a front-three of attacking midfielders.

Moyes has opted to play  Michail Antonio (£6.9m) through the middle of the strike-force, flanked by Felipe Anderson (£6.6m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m).

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold; Keita, Wijnaldum, Fabinho; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop; Ngakia; Rice, Noble, Soucek; Antonio, Anderson, Snodgrass.

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  1. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is this a joke 🙁

  2. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Are you serious? All it takes for Liverpool to lose a game of football is for me to double up on their defence?

    Why didn’t I think of this months ago?

  3. HTL
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Great stuff

  4. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    -2 for double def owners

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

    Putting the L in Liverpool.

    Was always gonna happen in a game it should never happen in hahaha.

    At least Salah and Mane need to get it together now

  6. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    2 defeats on the bounce incoming

  7. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    come on pool

  8. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ox coming on

  9. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ox incoming

  10. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ox on to save the day

  11. Supersonic Marv'
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Don't worry chaps West Ham won't win.

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    All the injuries catching up on Liverpool.

    Really missing the POTY tonight.

  13. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Here comes the fatigue

  14. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Keita off, Ox in

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool beginning the bottle job

  16. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mr Little Mix coming on.

  17. beric
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Theres hope for arsenal fans yet

  18. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Moyes has done his research well... scoring a goal that VAR has no chance to remove is optimal against LiVARpool

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Come on. They are the best this year. Simple as that

      1. Muchentuchel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        shhh don't tell him, he might be shocked about hearing the truth

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Not shocked, but maybe STUNNED

      2. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        The two are not mutually exclusive

  19. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    West ham didnt bother reading the script..

  20. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    No Henderson no party

  21. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Someone off before the hour?

  22. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    2 blanks in a row for Salah. Anyone captained Auba in meantime instead?

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Game still on

  23. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    VAR will save them...

    1. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Mane will win a penalty.

  24. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Klopp out!

  25. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This had to happen with their best player injured

  26. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    It's over. Pool back to Normal.

  27. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Missing Hendo

  28. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Team for the GW
    1FT (loads ITB)

    (Henderson Button)
    TAA Lascelles Taylor Holgate (Cathcart)
    Salah (c) Traore Dendoncker (KDB Grealish)
    Vardy Jimi Ings

    A Jack/Button to Mane/McCarthy-4
    B Traore to Mane (no GK)
    C Button to Pope
    D Traore/Cathcart to Mane/Boly (No GK -4)
    E Henderson/Traore to Pope/Mane (-4)

  29. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Salah to Fornals done..

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Fornals © no brainer

  30. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    more of that please