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Tottenham Hotspur take on Liverpool in the final Premier League match of Gameweek 18, with kick-off in North London at 16:30 GMT.

In the absence of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Antonio Conte opts for a new central midfield pairing of Harry Winks and Tanguy Ndombele, with Dele Alli – who starts his first Premier League game under the Italian – perhaps featuring further forward.

Elsewhere, Sergio Reguilon is only deemed fit enough for a place on the bench, with Ryan Sessegnon taking the left wing-back role.

At Liverpool, Thiago Alcantara has returned a suspected positive Covid-19 test and misses out, as does Jordan Henderson due to illness (not Covid). That means Tyler Morton makes a surprise start, alongside James Milner and Naby Keita in the Reds’ engine room.

Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota are all deployed up top in Jurgen Klopp’s 4-3-3 formation, with Roberto Firmino a substitute.

GAMEWEEK 18 LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Royal, Winks, Ndombele,Sessegnon, Alli, Son, Kane

Subs: Austin, Rodon, Bergwijn, Lo Celso, Skipp, Tanganga, Reguilon, Moura, Doherty

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Matip, Robertson, Morton, Milner, Keita, Salah, Mane, Jota

Subs: Kelleher, Williams, Minamino, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gomez, Tsimikas, Gordon, Quansah

  1. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Can we just cancel all other premier league games and have this one run for the next 100 days?

  2. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Gomez on
    Jota off

  3. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Jota winner cancelled

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Son winner incoming

  4. fusen
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    that is the first time Trent has touched the ball in ages

  5. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Worst refereeing performance I think I can ever remember

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Since last week probably.

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Second goal should have been dissallowed but Kane should have need red. Pretty balanced apart from that (lots of poor decisions but for both sides)

  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    What a truly mad game!

  7. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    TAA running away with 3 bonus points. What a beast.

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Nice day for Defenders again. 3 9 bonus for Trent, Alonso, Cancelo for me

      1. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Dunno where that 3 came from 😛

      2. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        They got me a green arrow in an otherwise nothingburger of a GW.

  8. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Very tempted to bin Jota and Livra for Tsimi + someone else - he's played a lot of footy recently and with Firmino back is rotation round the corner?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Tsimikas is for two games and then you'll be trapped with him.

  9. Pranked
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Free hit played and captained cancelo, halved my mini league competition gap in a week, back in it!

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Nice one! No free hit played, captained Cancelo, now into top 32k 🙂

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Only good news after my bad gw and referee farce at least from Pool fan pov.

  10. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Reguillon off the bench took me from 41k to 40k.

    Huge

  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Has a sent off player ever got 3 BAPs before?

  12. not_astarte
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    the season is ours GLORY GLORY MANCHESTER CITY..........

    1. Lord of Ings
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Can’t see anyone challenging City honestly
      They’re a level above the rest.

  13. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who would you bench for Tsimi next game week?

    Ramsdale
    TAA Cancelo James Reguilon
    Salah Son Bilva ESR
    Laca Antonio
    Steele King Liv Siss

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      ESR

    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      James Reggy Bilva ESR Laca Antonio King Livra and Sissoko

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Tbh Id wildcard

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          You said Trent was rubbish value, so don't think anybody is listening to you 😆

          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            You still havent learnt what the term 'value' means

            1. THFC4LIFE
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Points per million?

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

              Err yes I have.

              PRE-bonus he is on 14.9 points per million.

              That's the 5th highest in the game, just under:

              16.3 - Sa
              15.6 - Cancelo
              15.6 - Coady
              15.1 - Ramsdale
              14.9 - Alexander-Arnold

              What are you measuring?

    3. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Reguilon probably

    4. fusen
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      BSilva if he continues playing in the position he did today

    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Bilva’s turn for a rest anyway?

    6. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Antonio

  14. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Tsmikas YC

    1. Hakuna Mateta
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Ghost cup teams -1

  15. Superflymonk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    tsimikas booked

  16. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Does Paul Tierney get dropped next weekend due to an absymal performance, like a player would?

    Or carry on as normal?

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Have you looked at the bench?

      Might want boxing day off

    2. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      They eventually get sent to ref a few games in the championship, but it takes years of shocking decisions

  17. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    And Salah doesn't beat Vardys record. 15 is the limit I guess.

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

    (C)ancello success

    Haven’t seen salah that quiet in a while

  19. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Class game that. Bad refereeing tho.

  20. Stockport Hatter
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I’m genius. KDB I’ve Salah captain.

    1. Stockport Hatter
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Over *

  21. fantasyfog
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Permission to be smug...

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Well done captain punters.

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Quite happy with KDB

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thought Salah would blank and Man City would smash Newcastle, but managed to pick Foden (c)! 😀

  23. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    just checked the Kane tackle on Robbo. Straight red it should be.

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      You should apply to be a VAR official

    2. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Disgraceful decision from all officials concerned

  24. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Reguilon late sub on has sqeaked me into the top 100k.

  25. ‘Tis the Season
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Captained Cancelo for 90 (-4) all out! Chuffed with that

    1. fantasyfog
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Chuffed indeed, great score

  26. SouthCoastSaint
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Round of applause for Cancelo cappers

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Why? Just a bunch of lucky **** 😀

    2. Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thank you 🙂

    3. fantasyfog
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I'll take it, if I was top 10k wouldn't of happened though

  27. Dead Balls
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    90 all out good night!

  28. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Klopp whining as usual

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

      stfu

    2. Arteta
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I get it. They should be playing with 11 versus 10 for 3/4 of the game if referees did their job properly.

  29. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Regular team : 22 Points
    FH team : 80 points

    Even if I’d taken a few successful hits (I can’t see what they would have been to be fair) I think that makes the FH a big success.

  30. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Proud of the boys and especially of Robbo. They can't even beat us with 12 men, that's the biggest compliment.