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Pressure on Salah captainers as Lovren returns on Liverpool bench

All eyes turn to Anfield today as Liverpool host Burnley in the noon kick-off.

There will significant attention on Gameweek 30’s most-captained player Mohamed Salah (£13.4m), who has blanked five times in his last six Premier League outings.

With armband rival Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) registering just an assist for Manchester City on Saturday, there is an opportunity for the Egyptian to help his backers make up some ground.

They will be hoping for something like Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.4m) hat-trick against Watford, which has already set the bar for success in Gameweek 30 very high.

Salah will today operate alongside usual attacking colleagues Sadio Mané (£9.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m).

Adam Lallana (£6.9m) comes into central midfield for a first start since Gameweek 25 to sit between Fabinho (£5.5m) and Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.5m).

Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) and Joel Matip (£4.9m) are once again the central defensive pairing but there is a welcome return on the bench for Dejan Lovren (£4.9m).

Meanwhile, as expected, it’s Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.5m) at full-back.

Burnley have rolled out the usual 4-4-2 formation with the in-form Ashley Barnes (£5.7m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) hoping to stop Liverpool earning an 18th clean sheet of the season.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Burnley XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; Wood, Barnes.

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

    On my FH
    Higuain or firmino?

  2. Cookie Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Based on Aguero assist that is a Salah assist

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Has to be 100%

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

        Not if both Heaton and Tark touched it

  3. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    bobby essential

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

    Does SALAH get that assist?

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

    Odds on Salah not being given that assist?

  6. Ron_Swanson
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not sure if that's an assist....

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

    Surely salah assist?

  8. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No Salah assist

    1. Samwise the Brave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Firminho was the intended target

  9. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah owners get some returns

  10. dicky2014
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If Kuns was an assist so was that

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

      FPL can find a way not to give it.

      1. Cookie Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Consistency not really their thing

  11. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salahssist

  12. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah capper but what a jammy assist

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Look at Kun, now that’s pure marmalade

  13. Volley127
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Assist. Intended target. Not significantly deflected.

    1. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This

  14. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Double defender deflection = no Salah assist?

  15. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ball continued upon its path ... 100% assist 🙂

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

    Salah gate

  17. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If that was an Aguero assist yesterday, this has to be an assist for Salah

    1. Ole.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes! Exactly

      1. Ole.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Otherwise it's bent in Agueros favour.

  18. Ron_Swanson
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No assist given on FPL...yet

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Will be

  19. BENOIT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No assit

  20. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No assist

  21. Patch
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mark fFs owner

    Did Salah get that assist?

  22. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Heaton mess

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Tough crowd

  23. John Colby (Capt)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hope Mo gets that assist - needing it desparately

  24. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    This should be Salah assist, pass was intended for Firmino

  25. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No assist given

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

      ...yet

    2. Samwise the Brave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Assist given on the official Twitter

  26. Lets Talk About 19 Baby
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get in Firmino....

  27. Bees4Lyf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Intended target, ball didn’t change much

  28. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Patience, it will be added

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

      How confident?

      Need to know how much to trust

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I can't see how they can't give it? Especially after Aguero's yesterday

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

          Well played you are correct. Will listen in future

          1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I mean I could well have been wrong, but having seen it there would have been uproar I'm sure had it not been given

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

              Yeh fair enough

              Poor Salah so much scrutiny!

  29. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No assist given by the looks of things 🙂

    1. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It says they’ve given it on their twitter

  30. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    FPL Towers confirmed to be Aguero captainers