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Iheanacho benched as Man City make mixed start to Brighton clash

Kelechi Iheancho (£6.2m) is on the bench for Leicester as they visit Chelsea on Tuesday evening.

It is the first time he has missed out on a Premier League starting line-up since Gameweek 25, Ayoze Pérez (£6.0m) his replacement tonight.

Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) keeps his place in the side while James Maddison (£7.2m) returns after featuring from the bench against Manchester United.

Chelsea are in 3-4-3 as per usual, with Christian Pulisic (£8.3m) and Mason Mount (£7.3m) either side of Timo Werner (£9.2m).

Elsewhere, there was a mixed start to Manchester City’s trip to Brighton.

Ferran Torres (£7.0m) earned a fourth successive start but it lasted no more than 15 minutes after João Cancelo (£5.8m) earned an early red card.

Torres was being used as a number nine, in the middle of Phil Foden (£6.1m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) after Pep Guardiola had praised his credentials for that role earlier this week.

Foden and Mahrez are making their first appearances since Gameweek 35 and 32 respectively with Raheem Sterling (£11.0m), Sergio Aguero (£10.3m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) deemed “not fully fit” according to the club website.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) returns from his recent muscle injury on the bench, where he is joined by Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m).

Goalscorer Ilkay Gündogan (£5.6m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) are either side of Rodrigo (£5.3m) in midfield while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m), Ruben Dias (£6.0m) and John Stones (£5.1m) are in the back four which now features Eric Garcia (£4.7m) on for Torres.

Leandro Trossard (£5.5m) was on the Brighton bench tonight with Alexis Mac Allister (£5.3m) and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.4m) selected to support Danny Welbeck (£5.5m) in attack.

However, the Belgian international came on 30 minutes into the encounter following a thigh injury for Welbeck.

Gameweek 37 Line-ups

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: R Sánchez; Burn, Webster, White; Moder, Bissouma, Alzate, Groß; Mac Allister, Jahanbakhsh; Welbeck.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Gündogan, Rodrigo, B Silva; Foden, Torres, Mahrez.

Chelsea XI: E Mendy; Rüdiger, T Silva, Azpilicueta; Chilwell, Jorginho, Kanté, R James; Pulisic, Werner, Mount.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Söyüncü, Fofana, Castagne; Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Albrighton; Maddison; Pérez, Vardy.

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1,035 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Ugh.

    More goals!

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Hahahav

  2. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    KELECHI DAMN BENCHED

  3. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    My double cleanie gone

  4. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Lads this is not the time.

  5. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Spoke too soon…. Course the cleanie has gone.

  6. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    YESSSSS NACHHHHOOOOOO

  7. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Yes! Yes! CS wiped out!

  8. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    It’s the week for forgotten players to do well - classic

  9. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Love you Nacho!
    ooops - turned out I sold you 🙁

  10. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Nacho to DCL worked out well then

  11. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Punishing those benchers and sellers !!!

  12. RogDog_jimmy
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    lol....should have played them both!

  13. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Oh ffs, double CS busted

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      You did not?

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Is that goal Mendys fault Daniel? 😉

  15. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Lovely cs wipe

  16. Mika-eel
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    One more Nacho!

  17. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Woo wee! Get in, Kelechi! x

  18. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Great, everyone I’ve sold is returning then

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Get them back for gw38

  19. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Not good!

  20. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rodgers leaving Nacho out will cost them CL. Shocker of a decision.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      He was awful on Saturday tbf.

  21. ZAMUNDA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Hello red arrow

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      my old friend

      1. The Point About It Is
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        I've come to talk with you again

    2. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      saw my rivals softly creepin' lost my crown when I was sleepin'

  22. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Love that goal.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      so does my bench 🙂

  23. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Why was Nacho benched??? Ridiculous

    1. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Vs tired legs.
      Worked out so far.

      D*mn

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Was pants on the FA Cup final.

  24. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Nacho 12 goals in 14 league games

    Elite

  25. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rival has Nacho & Trossard 🙁

    Rival has benched Nacho & Trossard 😀

  26. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Vardy runs and snaps but he is not the threat Nacho is now

  27. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Play Greenwood bench Nacho ... good decision bad result? 😛

  28. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Fofana yc

  29. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Pretty funny reading Brunos comment.
    He thinks he didnt touch it, but hey the ref says he did.
    Its that easy 😀

  30. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Off topic, think Saka will play?