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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. G-Whizz
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    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No Salah assist?

    1. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Given.

    2. Mika-eel
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Seems like it was given now?

      1. G-Whizz
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        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ok cheers!

        1. Mika-eel
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          All good G.

          1. G-Whizz
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            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            For you maybe 🙁

            1. Mika-eel
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Still some ground to make up on Sterling. Well done on the captain pick. Great GW score!

              1. G-Whizz
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                • 6 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Cheers bruv got my Cup match to worry about, think I'll head back behind the sofa...

                https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/49324/event/30

                Wait that Mané goal might just be what I needed 😆

                1. Mika-eel
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  You got this, unless Salah decides to go crazy.

                  1. G-Whizz
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                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    There's still time, but that Mané goal has eased the pressure enough for me to sit on the sofa and not behind it 😆

  2. jamie1972
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If Aguero got that yesterday and Salah doesn't get this one, that's f*cked

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

      read the rules. Only 1 def touched Aguero's. 2 touched Salah's

    2. Supersonic
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      My thoughts exactly!

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

      They will say it took two touches (one of the GK and one off the defender) and hence no assist.

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

    DOUBLE DEFLECTION = NO ASSIST

    read the rules

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

      This

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

      Heaton missed it tho

    3. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Obviously you need to as it’s now been given

    4. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hardly a double deflection though is it when the ball barely changed direction?

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

      Idiot.

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

    FPL twitter says salah assist

  5. Les Bleus
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wtf this is such BS. Such inconsistency

    1. MTPockets
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It's given

        1. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Phew

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      FPL Twitter have awarded the assist (atm...)

    3. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Salah assist confined by Offical FPL

      1. QuintonFortune25
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Confirmed*

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

      FPL tweeted Salah assist 😀

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yess.. justice

    5. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If that is no assist, then Kun assist should also be removed.. was worse than this one.. atleast this one was intended to Bobby

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

      Wasn't burnley goal foul?

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Exactly.. Alisson was blocked

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

      Add the f***ng points. FPL towers has become a joke

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

        Timing.. thank you

    8. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Salah assist given. Feel dirty as a Salah owner, that's bs

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

        Why

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

      Been given now

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

      No assist, bit of a joke this inconsistency

      1. Magic Zico
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        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Given now, ignore

    11. Costa in Wengerland
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Assist
      Mo Salah given

    12. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
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      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Assist given, GET IN hahahah

    13. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      BT confirm Tarkowski & Heaton did not touch ala assist

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

      Two deflections, how can that be an assist

      1. Samwise the Brave
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        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Intended target

      2. MTPockets
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Sanchez set the pinball benchmark

        • Pariße
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          One deflection

      3. Grounderz
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Assist given to Salah on FPL.

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

        OK I give up if the assist is given 🙂

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

        assist awarded

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

        Salah assist.

      7. KOKAK
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Firmino neutralized the mistake done by the referees! 😀

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

        Nice on Salah!!

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

        That absolute mug Differentiator has egg all over his face, LOL

      10. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        What is this? Aguero got it yesterday, but no Salah assist? That goal yesterday could've cost me my ML. Rival had Sterling captain. Annoying.

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

          Check

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

          Its given.

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

          given

        4. Claudio555
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Salah`s got it

        5. YEAH PITCH!
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Salah given

      11. SEXY SON
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Assist added

      12. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Just watched the replay. That's obviously a Salah assist. What's everyone moaning about?

      13. Old Man
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        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        We're grateful for any scraps from the table this gameweek.

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

        At least Salah has at least matched Aguero now. Anything more is a nice bonus on Augero captainers.