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False-nine role for Hazard as Liverpool chase the title

Eden Hazard (£11.0m) has the power to act as a differential option in Double Gameweek 34.

Sold by 242,643 managers in the last few days, more than any other player, he has been lined up as a false-nine for Chelsea this afternoon.

Any attacking returns from the Belgian would dent those invested in the Liverpool defence and reward those who showed faith in him.

Hazard’s ownership is still at 30.7% overall, but he is in just 25% of teams inside the top 10,000.

His deployment in the central forward’s position means that Gonzalo Higuaín (£9.2m) drops to the Chelsea bench.

Meanwhile, Callum Hudson-Odoi (£4.2m)earns his third Premier League start in a row as he flanks Hazard with Willian (£7.1m).

Meanwhile, Liverpool line up with few surprises.

Mohamed Salah (£13.2m), sold by 130,000+ managers for Double Gameweek 34, looks to be lining up on the right of a three-man attack, Sadio Mané (£10.1m) on the left and Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) through the middle.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold; Henderson, Keita, Fabinho; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Emerson, D Luiz, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta; Loftus-Cheek, Kanté, Jorginho; Hudson-Odoi, Hazard, Willian.

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  1. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger off for Christensen. Good for Pool attack

    1. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Barely. Rudiger been poor recently and Christensen is a great defender.

  2. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    mane chance

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Minutes ago.

  3. the german
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger coming off

  4. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Will Christensen make 60 mins?

    1. the german
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No. 45

    2. the german
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      50

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        This ain't no auction, pal.

  5. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    GOAT of trolling on

  6. Sif
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Need a Liverpool goal as there's quite a lot of Chelsea defense knocking around non WC teams.

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

      1 Salah goal.
      1 Loftus-Cheek goal.

  7. Balls of Steel
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    This has 1-0 written all over it...

  8. Party time
      4 years, 11 months ago

      If Salah, Mané and Hazard return blanks. Then I will finish the gw with 18 points

      1. Balls of Steel
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Ouch

      2. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Return blanks?

        That's one for the philosophy majors.

        1. Party time
            4 years, 11 months ago

            returns blank* right? (Sorry I speak so many languages. I try my best with English)

            1. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Don't worry, being my picky self.

              I was just amusing myself. 😉

        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          You are on 9 points?

          1. Party time
              4 years, 11 months ago

              I have not bothered looking at the points so far. I know it should be within that range (9-15 points thereabout)

            • Ógie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              He must have 2 teams with 9 points in that case. 😉

          2. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            😕
            Tough gw bro

            1. Party time
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Yeah, especially when Wilson is smiling on my bench 🙁

          3. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Azpil yc

            1. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              🙁

          4. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 14 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Azpi yc

            1. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Okay, no need to rub it in.

          5. Sheeno
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            1 - 1, with TAA to get sent off - that would be my dream both in terms of FPL and Chelsea and Liverpool dropping points!

            1. Party time
                4 years, 11 months ago

                I even forgot I've Taa, hopefully he gets subbed off just before Hazard scores

            2. Differential C (Mark)
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Kepa qith a great save from Firmino! TAA, what a delivery!

              1. Wild Rover
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Offside anyway

              2. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                No save, offside.

                1. Differential C (Mark)
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Oh, right right. Thought there was a shove after the save which was why the ref stopped play or something.

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

              Robertson on for a 9-pointer, first on my bench. I never learn.

              1. Wild Rover
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                I’ve got TAA benched and Mili

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

                  Ouch

                2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  I’ve got Fraser, TAA, and Bednarek.

                  Week prior to BB...

              2. F_Ivanovic
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                I'm playing both Robbo and TAA. They had higher exp points than Laporte, Doherty and most other defenders. Madness to bench but still 45 minutes to go.

              3. El-Kloppico
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Benched Laporte for Robbo. Hopefully a CS

            4. Samwise
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Cant believe West ham beat Reading!!!

              1. Fpl Richie
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Huh? West Ham?

            5. Fpl Richie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              After the doubles, is it sensible to...
              A. Get an extra pool defender in one move? (probably VVD)
              B. Double up in attack and get Salah (probably for Erik) across two transfers.

              TC chip in pocket still.

            6. Weak Become Heros
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Whats the deal with Aguero then? Some reports on twitter saying injured, straight down the tunnel?

              1. The Ejiptian King
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Don't think he was injured, plenty of time to know more anyway with CL game.

              2. Fpl Richie
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Well that would ruin plans

              3. Balls of Steel
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Got straight into his bench coat and off down the tunnel, quiet strange way to react after a normal subbing init

              4. IRBOX ⚽
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Went down the tunnel with some ice but don’t think it’s very serious

            7. Niho992
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Dont see how we(Liverpool) can win here...

              1. Party time
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Lol

                • El-Kloppico
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Ok

              2. United10
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Next weeks captain?

                1. RAFA THE GAFFA
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Was just thinking this. Got to be Raz which means Kun will explode and he’ll blank 🙂

                  1. United10
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Im thinking Jimenez or Lacazette

                2. Holmes
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Maybe Duffy 😆

                3. Differential C (Mark)
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Sonny, surely.

                  1. Werner Bremen
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Jimenez for me

                4. Amey
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Raul Jimenez

                5. FPL_Gyarados
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  I'm risking Deeney at the moment

              3. Differential C (Mark)
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                HT, 0-0 so far.
                Pool perhaps the more threatening, with Kepa having been tested once or twice, but overall chelsea have had a decent game. Salah needs to be marked better. Robbo and TAA with quality deliveries, as always.
                Hazard continually fouled all over the pitch. Robbo and VvD pocketing CHO so far. No target man in the box hurting Chelsea attacks. Willian selfish, needs to make better decisions in the final third. Alisson yet to be tested.

                1. Amey
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Yeah
                  I was happy for one moment when Bobby got under the Taa set piece
                  Off side flag + kepa ruined it 😀
                  Taa/Robbo assisted Bobby goal (1-0) is the order of the day 😉

                  1. Differential C (Mark)
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Haha, good luck. Mane and Robbo here.

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

                Guardiola says Aguero isn't injured.

                https://twitter.com/Sammy_Goal/status/1117447036775882753?s=19

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

                  Meant to be a reply to ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL

                  1. Weak Become Heros
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Cheers bro.

                2. Wild Rover
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Like

                3. Holmes
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Damn

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

                  Mod must have seen my post 😆

                  https://twitter.com/FFScout/status/1117464629859557377?s=19

              5. Holmes
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                What a poor half this has been as a Salah-Mane owner, sigh...

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

                  Really? They've had some decent chances. Come close a couple of times.

                  1. Holmes
                    • 10 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    They probably wont get many chances though. Its Chelsea, so have to take any chance they are getting...

              6. Sun Jihai
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Hazard hat-trick please in the second half

                1. Wild Rover
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  It’s not working with him up front. Need Giroud on to give VVD something else to occupy him

                  1. Amey
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Sarri don't want a win anyway.
                    Nice setup for 0-0 by him.

              7. DantheManinaPan
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Not too unhappy as a Trent + Luiz + Hazard owner

                1. Werner Bremen
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  How can you not be happy with a double clean sheet?

              8. No Salah
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                I have Loris, TAA and Robertson on my bench.

                I played Ryan, Dunk and Duffy (C).

                And I thought I planned it well, LOL!

              9. XabiAlonso
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                9k>15k so far on this WC. Not sure it's possible to have done worse. Ditched Wilson fraser pogba and Anderson

                1. JONALDINHO
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  9k>16k? Could’ve ditched Sterling too

                2. Sheeno
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Ouch!

                3. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  You’re moaning at slipping 6k places, at 15k.
                  Jeez

              10. Ógie
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                What is the story in the Masters golf if there is a tie for 1st and that bad weather stops play?

                1. XabiAlonso
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Come back when the weather is better to have a play off

                2. Wild Rover
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Play off tomorrow I guess

                  1. Wild Rover
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Or today if weather improves in time

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

                    Will they go off at the first opportunity or wait until the evening?

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 11 months ago

                      Depends how bad the weather gets

                3. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Molinari for the win anyway 🙂

                  1. Ógie
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    Looks like you just jinxed him.

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 11 months ago

                      Hehe, Woods will likely hit another wayward tee shot anyhow hopefully 🙂

                      1. Salah’s Sonnet
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 11 months ago

                        Oh no!!! I now see what ya mean lol!

              11. JONALDINHO
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                So Ashley who’s looked more threatening? ‘Chelsea’. Liverpool have them smothered. Is he taking the...

              12. gooberman
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Sky, please get rid of Ashley Cole. Clueless muppet!

                1. Weak Become Heros
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Slow brain.

              13. El-Kloppico
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                A Salah goal would be great here. Looks like he'd become a differential nowadays.

                1. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Mane

              14. Live Lad
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                TC in 35
                (1) Aguero
                (2) Sterling
                (3) Son
                (4) Eriksen
                (5) Jimmy
                (6) Mane
                Please help.

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Given 5 play midweek, Jimmy right now.

                2. FPL_Gyarados
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Looks like the perfect time to roll a 6 sided die