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17 January 2021 1646 comments
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Xherdan Shaqiri (£6.4m) has made a surprise return to the Liverpool line-up in their top of the table clash with Manchester United in Double Gameweek 19.

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers using their Triple Captain chip on Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) will hope the Egyptian can return to his best form, after blanking in the last three games.

Jurgen Klopp has stuck with a 4-3-3 formation, playing Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) in his customary false nine role, flanked by Salah and Sadio Mane (£11.9m).

Their midfield has an attacking look, with Gini Wijnaldum (£5.3m) alongside Thiago (£5.7m) and Shaqiri.

Andy Robertson (£7.4m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.3m) line up at full-back, with the makeshift centre-half pairing of Jordan Henderson (£5.4m) and Fabinho (£5.4m).

Alisson (£5.9m) will be hoping to keep only his fifth clean sheet of the season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has again named a side containing Paul Pogba (£7.7m) and Bruno Fernandes (£11.3m), as he attempts to oust Liverpool from the top of the Premier League.

Anthony Martial (£8.8m) has returned from injury to lead the line for the Red Devils.

Marcus Rashford (£9.6m) lines up opposite Pogba on the right-hand side of the attack, with Fernandes in his customary number ten role.

Scott McTominay (£4.9m) and Fred (£5.3m) make up a battling midfield for Man United.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m) and Luke Shaw (£4.8m) start at full-back, with Victor Lindelof (£4.8m) returning to the side alongside Harry Maguire (£5.4m) in the centre of defence.

David De Gea (£5.3m) continues to be selected ahead of Dean Henderson (£5.2m) in goal.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Henderson, Fabinho, Robertson; Wijnaldum, Thiago, Shaqiri; Salah, Mane, Firmino

De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw; Fred, McTominay; Rashford, Fernandes, Pogba; Martial

  1. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD

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

      All leagues have cagey games.

    2. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Thank god that’s Over

    3. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It is for me. I watch Ligue Un sometimes and it is terrible. Why any PL team would buy a player from any team in Ligue Un other than PSG is beyond me. La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga are the same.

      If you want entertainment then you should watch the Copa Libertadores.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ever been to a game? It’s bloody nuts.

  2. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Utd don’t want the ball!

  3. WVA
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    OMG Rashford stayed onside!

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

    Mane went out on the right and has basically barely touched the ball.

    Salah started on the right and had almost no involvement.

    Salah moves to the left and he's touching the ball more. It felt the same in the last couple of games where Salah has blanked, there is no cohesion on the right side currently and anywhere forced to play up front on that side gets none of the ball.

    1. L'Aeroplanino
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      TAA is the problem

    2. Kellz86
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      TAA has also stopped lately flooding the right side, I agree, it doesn’t look cohesive

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      TAA is MIA

    4. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      True. All play goes almost through left and robbo.

    5. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He may be getting more touches but he's still been very poor.

  5. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Owning Salah is clearly FPL suicide

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

      I've got Bruno too, double suicide

    2. CheesyZoot
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I think owning but not captaining is at least the sensible thing to do

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Boring!

      2. Lucky Z
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nah. If you don't captain Salah you don't want him to score

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

          Could say same about, Bruno or KDB! Can’t captain all. I think we are waiting for the week where all 3 haul at same time..not sure it’s coming any time soon

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

      Glad he'll be gone after this week

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

    Anyone happy if this game ended up 0-0?

    1. TKC07
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Utd

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

      no. 1-1 is ideal with irrelevant scorers

    3. Threat Level Midnight
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Very much so. Have AWB/Trent/ Robbo and ML rivals TCed Mo

    4. Londongeezaa
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Robbo cleanie and then 3 each from Salah and Bruno.

      Would take that.

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

        Then triple City and KDB(c) to come

      2. It's Fergie Time
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Me too. Everyone has Bruno/Salah. I have Robbo, so I'll take the CS

    5. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yep delighted

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

      Considering I have Robbo and Rash and my closest ML rival does not (we both have Salah (c) and Bruno) I’d take a 0-0.

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

      Bruno, Mo both over 100% and no defensive players so I guess I want 1-1 and Tiago and Fred goals!?

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

    Salah is the biggest FPL troll i ever saw...

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

      Hazard

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

      Mahrez

    3. Lucky Z
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Zigic

    4. BeWater
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mitrovic.

    5. cheekumz
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      clearly Lukaku... check grav for evidence

  8. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    This game needs some Salah to Minamino half time sub action.

    Grabs popcorn.

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

      Yes

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

    Zambian Witch Doctor laughing after you all doubted him when Mo scored vs preschoolers

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Who is the Zambian Witch Doctor?

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

        This guy said before the West Brom game that he got a Zambian doctor to curse Salah and make him blank the next 5 games. Everyone was laughing at time but he’s the one laughing now. It was his one and only comment on the site too

        1. Botman and Robben
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I need to get in contact with this doctor.

  10. BeWater
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Remember when we used to wonder where the next clean sheet was coming from.

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

    Some of the worst display of passing I’ve seen all season.

    Some of the worst offside plays.

    Shooting weak. Crossing non existent.

    1. CBonci
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I was actually going to comment that this game is a clinic on poor passing and how to be offsides.

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Premier League has become the farmers league

    3. JBG
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I said earlier this week that this would be a cagey match, anyone who expected anything else were optimistic and probably very disappointed now.

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

        I said this too. Hence not taking hits to get Salah in. Still 45 mins to go for us to look stoopid.

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

          Haha true. But 1st half pretty much what I expected.

    4. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Did Shaqiri get hairimplants?

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

        Yeah

      2. Dirty Leeds
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Oh yeah. Big time

      3. Traction Engine Foot
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Rooney-esque

      4. Firminooooo
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Its a wig. Comes right off.

      5. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He should recommend some to Mane too

      6. mrelpea
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He reminds me of Charlie Chaplin with his new hair style and random comedy gurns

    5. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Regretting captaining Salah, but relieved I didn't triple him. Another Liverpool performance like this against Burnley and I think I'm done with Mo/Robbo.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Robbo looks amazing

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Fit af

      2. Botman and Robben
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Some ML rivals TC's KDB. They are the smart ones.

    6. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      How is it that this joke Man United team is top of the table?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        VAR mainly. That's it

      2. Pukki Blinders
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Pretty sure Pool look like the joke

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

          united far, far worse

      3. Dannyb
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Pfft do one

      4. The Senate
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        won more games than anyone else, mainly

      5. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Agree - they are there more due to the ineptitude of other teams.

      6. Dr Van Nostrand
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Officiating obviously

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

      I think we have been spoiled by Leeds games in this season, this game is not entertaining enough!
      Hopefully goals in second half as players get tired running aimlessly

    8. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Imagine captaining Salah

      1. It's Fergie Time
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        no, imagine TC him

      2. Jindaljain
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Wait he will score

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

        No, imagine owning him.

        1. It's Fergie Time
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          after this week I won't own him anymore

      4. Lucky Z
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Dumped for Sterling

        1. Jindaljain
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          A huge risk

    9. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Liverpool can get countered so easily if we get the final pass right.

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

        Big if.

        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Not a big if, Pogba can make it happen

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

          Also Allisson

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Final ball has been awful, timing of runs has also been awful even if the ball was right

      3. JONALDINHO
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        If Salah blanks at Burnley can someone please find this Zambian Doctor.

        1. Flair
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          12 point TC, an improvement for some

      4. ivantys
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        How in the world is TAA on 10 BPS??? incoming 9 pointer haul.

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Hope so!

        2. Chalobah's Witness
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          He's playing a good game and is very involved in attacking.

          1. George Sillett
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            You really must be watching a different game.

      5. Flair
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Clean sheets the way forward, 4ATB

        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Didn’t know CSs come after 45 minutes

      6. Chalobah's Witness
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        TC Salah just not the right choice. Will gladly get rid of him for the rest of the season. Don't even care how many he will score against Burnley.

        '

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

          I'll give him next gw, then revert back to Son

          1. Chalobah's Witness
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I'll use his funds to get back Kane. Had to lose him to afford KDB.

        2. Pukki Blinders
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Lol bet you will bring him back in in a few weeks

          1. Chalobah's Witness
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Absolutely not. He's not essential. It's always a matter of how you use the funds instead.

        3. TOLV TUMS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          KDB has far far better form and fixtures this weekend. Didn’t understand all the Mo TC talk - hope he comes good for you

          1. Chalobah's Witness
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            thanks, I was just bored and was looking for a player most likely to play 2x90 minutes.

          2. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Agreed

      7. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        What a boring half

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Dump her

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

            lol

      8. Party time
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Zambian witch doctor just chillin week in week out

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Nice!

        • GROBARI
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          "I'm happy with this result"

          -no one ever

          1. Deulofail
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I think you're confused

            1. GROBARI
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Yeah,United is loving this result my bad. Worst club ever

        • diesel001
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          The story of the Zambian Witch Doctor:

          "I know a powefull witch doctor in Zambia, paid him about 5£ Salah is gonna blank 5 games in a row."

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/12/27/new-dad-coufal-starts-alongside-soucek-and-cresswell-as-lamptey-misses-out-for-brighton/?hc_page=14&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23058865
          ----------------------------------------

          "I told you all I had a witch doctor cast a spell on Mo Salah 5 game blanks you haven't yet felt the pain do not TC on the bgw you have been warned."

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/12/30/fpl-differentials-to-consider-for-gameweek-17-and-the-upcoming-double-gameweek/?hc_page=14&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23098402
          ------------------------------------------

          2 weeks ago, I was in the city of Livingstone in Zambia, and came across a witch doctor selling spells in the market, said I had a dark shadow over me and for 5 pounds would bring me joy, so told him Salah been causing me pain, the rest is history

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/01/04/adams-mccarthy-and-vestergaard-absent-as-saints-host-liverpool/?hc_page=21&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23143422

          1. TOLV TUMS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Oooh eeee, oooh ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang

          2. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            So you're telling me the 5 games will be up after the Burnley match? The exact number of games I've captained him for. Spurs (a) (c) locked in.

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

              Correct. The 5th and final game is Burnley.

              1. Mr. O'Connell
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Haha sweet. At least I can captain him next week in confidence then.

          3. Firminooooo
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I will pay him 100£ to stop Kane and Son.

            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Don't forget James Justin

        • Reeker
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Liverpool should at least try and bait a yellow out of Fernandes so United might drop points next game

        • Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Micah Richards talking guff

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

            water is wet

        • Squires FC
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Ht whistle went 3 seconds early then just as mane was through on goal

          1. Sir Edo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Yes, did anyone actually noticed that? Terrible reffering!

            1. Squires FC
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Cant believe that didnt get mentioned

            2. Dr Van Nostrand
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Yes Tierney is obvo in on the ManU push too. Getting all 50 50 calls and letting these joke offsides go for 5-10 secs

        • Gobigorgohome
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Should have captained KDB

          two easy fixtures

          wtf i was thinking ffs