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Gameweek 3 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) concludes with a fixture that has plenty riding on it, not just for us Fantasy managers.

Manchester United and Liverpool have had poor early starts to their respective campaigns and so far don’t have a win between them.

The game is also being played against the backdrop of yet another demonstration against United’s much-maligned owners, with planned shows of dissent inside and outside Old Trafford.

Kick-off, pre-match protests permitting, is at 20:00 BST.

As for the team news, Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag makes four changes to the side that started the desperate 4-0 loss at Brentford.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Fred are all benched as Anthony Elanga, Tyrell Malacia, Scott McTominay and Raphael Varane are handed recalls.

“We know Liverpool are a really good team and you need to press them. You have to do that out of a block and need energy, that is why we went with Rashford, Sancho, Elanga.” – Erik ten Hag on dropping Cristiano Ronaldo

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp meanwhile makes three alterations from the side that drew 1-1 against Crystal Palace in Gameweek 2.

Roberto Firmino is in for the suspended Darwin Nunez, while Jordan Henderson and Joe Gomez replace Fabinho and Nathaniel Phillips.

The most-captained player of Gameweek 3, Mohamed Salah, features in tonight’s match, with 2.4 million FPL bosses handing him the armband.

The Egyptian has scored or assisted in four of his last five appearances against tonight’s opponents, averaging 12 points per match in that time.


GAMEWEEK 3 LINE-UPS

Manchester Utd XI: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Malacia, Eriksen, McTominay, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford, Elanga.

Subs: Heaton, Maguire, Ronaldo, Martial, Fred, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Van de Beek, Garnacho

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Elliott, Henderson, Milner, Salah, Firmino, Diaz.

Subs: Adrian, Davies, Fabinho, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Clark, Bajcetic, Phillips, Van den Berg


GAMEWEEK 3 RESULTS SO FAR

Newcastle United3 – 3Manchester City
West Ham United0 – 2Brighton and Hove Albion
Leeds United3 – 0Chelsea
Bournemouth0 – 3Arsenal
Leicester City1 – 2Southampton
Fulham3 – 2Brentford
Everton1 – 1Nottingham Forest
Crystal Palace3 – 1Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur1 – 0Wolverhampton Wanderers

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  1. Herger
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Bruno’s really been in the wars this game

    1. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      A moaning drama queen a lot of the time.

      1. Herger
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Me or him?

    2. El Presidente
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Bruno is a warrior!!

      1. Herger
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah, I like that he just shrugs it off and gets on with it

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      He's a big girls blouse.

  2. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Trent, James, Walker, Cancelo = 2 points…

    1. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      WC gw8 incoming

    2. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Crazy

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah, won’t happen every week. Luckily I also have Perisic 😀

    3. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Keeping the faith, rightly or wrongly

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Oh same, I struggle to see better value elsewhere. Although, if Liverpool continue in this vein there’s a good chance I could end up with only one player on WC.

    4. Neto
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      there is so much value in defence, go big at the back

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    What minute was the big Glazer walk out?

    Think I missed it.

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Will be in the conga line at FT whistle

    2. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Glazer spotted

    3. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Cancelled when Sancho scored.

    4. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 11 months ago

      The Liverpool team decided not to turn up instead, show of solidarity

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        😆

      2. Old and Slow
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Lol.... Unfortunately I was drinking water when I read this.... Think some came out of my nose....

    5. El Presidente
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Lol

  4. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Hold...

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Holding it tight

      1. POGON 1948
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        now stroke it for me

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 11 months ago

          But can you do a cold wet night of stroke?

  5. Dammit_182
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    0-0-1-1 from keeper & back 3.

    On WC

    So glad the league is so competitive and not 100% predicable.

  6. DavidKent
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    What’s my biggest problem?

    Ward
    Robertson, TAA, James, Cancelo Mount, Xhaka, Salah, Martinelli, Haaland, Jesus
    Iverson, Neco, Andreas, Taylor

    Robertson, TAA, James and Mount I think are all problematic. However, they are all fundamentally good players, at good teams, with good fixtures.

    Liverpool defenders: both have been getting into advanced positions, it’s just that ‘pool have forgotten how to defend.

    James: now more likely to play at CB due to Koulibaily red.

    Mount: doesn’t seem to affect the game.

    Currently thinking James+ Mount to Trippier/Perisic + Kulusevski for 2FT

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Posting this during the game?

    2. The Senate
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      formatting

      1. DavidKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        What’s wrong with the formatting?

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 11 months ago

          are you playing an 8-2-4 formation?

          1. DavidKent
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 11 months ago

            Apologies, it didn’t display on my phone like that. Should read:

            Ward

            Robbo, TAA, James, Cancelo

            Mount, Xhaka, Salah, Martinelli,

            Haaland, Jesus

            Iverson, Neco, Andreas, Taylor

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      expecting a considered response

  7. POGON 1948
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    I dont mean to overreact but I think Liverpool are the worst team in the world

    1. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Second worst probably. The worst are San Marino.

      1. POGON 1948
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        It'd be a close competive game between those two

      2. BUZZBOMB ♡
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Nah, they'd beat Everton.

  8. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Don’t mind beating LiVARpool twice in a few months. Still won’t shut them up…..the Utd fascination will continue. Night night.

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Tbf there aren't that many teams to spread your interest across

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      VAR pool when United get given an 8-bit VAR offside goal???!?

  9. Mighty Quinn
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Arse top of the league!

    1. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      And so shall it remain!

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        for 7 weeks?

    2. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Bottoms up!

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Gary Neville is close to tears 😆

    Bring back the normality next week!

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 11 months ago

      He probably saw Vieira in the tunnel

  11. Old Bull
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    So who would be your three main defenders of choice?

    1. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Saliba, Dunk, Trippier

  12. The Senate
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    bets on Jurgen's excuses?

    1. El Presidente
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      The pitch and the wind

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 11 months ago

      The Spitch and sourare academy

    3. Mighty Quinn
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      tehy did'nt have the cojones to play the mighty Maguire!

  13. El Presidente
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Deserved, pipe it Klopp

  14. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Good fun and end to the weekend football

  15. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    BIG red coming on WC coz of that stupid Salah goal. Still ecstatic as a United fan!!!!!

  16. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Brilliant result. Lots of people with plenty to say for themselves the last couple of weeks going to be very quiet now. Looking at you Agbonlahor.

  17. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Van Dijk playing more like Titus Bramble here, the aura is gone of late

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Well third string parrner.

    2. Sebastes
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Very much this. Something seems to be off with the whole team

    3. CornerTakenQuicklyOrigi
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Hasn't been the same since his injury. Lost a lot of agility and acceleration yet was so good before he's still our best CB. Bring on the 8th place finish! 🙂

  18. enoleainoa
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    As a Pool fan - what a game. We must do better.

    P.s Bruno is a rat. Disgusting player.

    1. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Still not sure how he hasn’t been sent off.

      He is the biggest rat the premier league has ever seen. Despise him

  19. It's Fergie Time
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    GGMU!!!!!

  20. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    So the protest was cancelled when Man United scored?

    And people say Arsenal fans are too reactionary.

  21. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Cant believe Andreas is my highest scorer this GW

    1. Nuka Girl
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah, he and Sanchez.
      Both on my bench. Doh!

      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        i benched Sanchez too. Cost me a lot of pts

  22. Mighty Quinn
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    All in all. Top week for the bookies. Like shooting fish in a barrel

  23. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    GET THE F IN 😀 😀 😀

    Ten Hag 1-0 Klopp

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      2-0, you're forgetting the big one!

  24. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    A grand total of 2 points from TAA, James, Cancelo and Neco 😀

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Should have added Cucu to that like me

  25. El Presidente
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    I'm going to enjoy all the Liverpool fan reaction videos that's for sure

  26. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Obviously keeping Trent but blimey not really getting much value out of him so far

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      He’ll score and assist a game soon and get 18 points and suddenly be averaging 5.5-6 ppm again.

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Liverpool need to get back to a Henderson-Fabinho-Keita midfield 3 asap. Will free the full backs if the CBs are given more protection by the midfielders

  27. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    I am just happy Salah hauled.

  28. SouthCoastSaint
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Us Salah cappers should be absolutely delighted with that

    1. JammySprat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      very lucky based on that game

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      I am indeed!

  29. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Power 5 at the back went well.
    1,0,1,0,1

    F-ing computer code

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      It's always a dud early. 343 to begin

  30. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Time to get rid of TAA?

    1. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Time for you to go to bed

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

      Not before Bournemouth at Home. Liverpool will surely respond after that.