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Sterling and Aguero start as Lloris and Trippier absent for Gameweek 35 opener

Mauricio Pochettino has pulled the rug from under our feet yet again with a surprise line-up to face Manchester City today.

Both Hugo Lloris (£5.4m) and Kieran Trippier (£6.0m) are absent from the matchday squad.

According to the manager, the French goalkeeper has picked up a small problem ahead of this match, so Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.5m) is in goal for Spurs.

“He suffered some small problem, muscle problem, but hopefully it’s not a big issue and he’ll be ready for Tuesday.” – Mauricio Pochettino

Meanwhile, there are four centre-backs and one full-back named in the side.

It looks like Toby Alderweireld (£6.0m), Davinson Sánchez (£5.8m) and Jan Vertonghen (£5.9m) are the back-three, with Ben Davies (£5.6m) and Juan Foyth (£5.0m) on the left and right flanks respectively.

There is better news further up the pitch for Fantasy managers with Son Heung-min (£8.8m) lining up as a centre-forward alongside Lucas Moura (£6.8m), while Christian Eriksen (£9.3m) starts in central midfield.

On the bench for Spurs is Fernando Llorente (£5.1m) and forgotten man Vinent Janssen.

Manchester City’s starting XI is more straight forward, with Sergio Aguero (£11.7m), Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) and Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m) all in the side.

Phil Foden (£4.5m) makes just his second Premier League start of the campaign in midfield.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Foden, De Bruyne, B. Silva, Sterling, Aguero.

Spurs XI: Gazzaniga, Foyth, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Moura, Son.

1,516 Comments Post a Comment
  1. 1zverGGadeM
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    City not deserving to win this
    Even more after that Sterling sitter imo..

  2. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Duffy & Dunk start!

    1. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Duffy(TC), let's go!

  3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Triple Wolves & Triple Watford do the business please!

  4. Differential C (Mark)
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Az as right, Success was a crap pick.

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      I dont have him, though haha.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      If you took a look on the Watford fan forums, basically none of them had Success starting.

  5. Maddi Son
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    The 16 point miss 🙁

    1. Eytexi
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      24 point miss for triple captainers... Hello.

  6. Ady87
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Why did KDB go off?

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Injured

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Injured, might be out for the season. Knee trouble again.

    3. Ady87
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      There goes my ML differential. Knew Aguero wouldn’t do 90 as well so that’s not too painful.

  7. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Stones deserves extra BPS for that block.

  8. dark91
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    TC Jimenez let's go

  9. GoonerSteve
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Any chance of Son scoring?

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah

    2. the_arrows
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      he missed them all.. and my captain.. lol

  10. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    FPL aside would love to see Spurs equalise here and give Liverpool a leg up

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Same here.

    2. GoonerSteve
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Me too

    3. drughi
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      yep

    4. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Hell no.

    5. SM001
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      *Gag*

    6. Perthite
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Yep

  11. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Duffy and Dunk start! Woooo.

  12. ZeBestee
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    C'mon Gray! Grab a hatrick!

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      of hatricks!

  13. Niho992
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    City didnt deserve to win.

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Not over yet

  14. El-Kloppico
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Spurs should have killed City by some score now.. they'll regret it when they miss out on top4

  15. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Llorente time, Poch?

  16. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Moura is awful....

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      ....first touch of a nightclub drunk....

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Always was. Brazilian Townsend

  17. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Well done to those who managed to get the Watford defender lottery result right

  18. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Wasn't even aware Alli was playing till subbed off..

  19. Differential C (Mark)
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Poch needs to bring on Llampost

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Very bad finishing by spurs

  21. tokara
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    those who want spurs to score pls wake up, nobody want Pool to win it pls for god sake

  22. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Llorente On
    Aldi Off.

  23. The Tinkerman
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Jiminez to get his first PL hat trick today 😉

    1. Coys96
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Hope so

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Wolves on the beach

  24. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Llorente on for Alderweireld

  25. Gobigorgohome
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Spurs going for it

  26. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Toby no negatives points locked in.

  27. Robson-Canoe
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Everyone looks absolutely knackered, still hungover from last wednesday.

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Hardly surprising. Although I am surprised Sane didn’t start.

  28. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    The big man is ready. I'd love another hip-shaker!

  29. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Aldo’s 2pts safely locked in

  30. EL TANO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Beglin is the most clueless commentator ever...all this VAR paranoia is annoying now, imagine next season listening to these morons
    Walker handball was absolutely intentional
    Delli had just turned the ball inside with a great touch and walker knew it
    I don’t agree with strikers kicking the ball into hands to draw dubious penalty calls but that was definitely not one of those situations...Ali was about to skin him and score