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Firmino absent again as Liverpool face Newcastle

Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) is absent from the Liverpool match day squad yet again as they travel to Newcastle.

The Brazilian missed Gameweek 36 through injury but did play some part against Barcelona midweek.

Daniel Sturridge (£5.6m) gets a second consecutive start in the Liverpool attack, which might not necessarily be great news for owners of Mohamed Salah (£13.3m) and Sadio Mané (£10.2m).

Against Huddersfield, the Englishman was a little selfish in possession, opting to shoot more often than he looked to pass to his colleagues.

With Newcastle expected to try and stifle Liverpool, it will be interesting to see what effect Sturridge will have on those around him.

Those invested in the Reds’ defence will be happy to see the usual suspects lining up after some changes were made in the Champions League.

Virgil van Dijk (£6.7m) is paired with Dejan Lovren (£4.9m) at centre-back, flanked by Andrew Robertson (£6.8m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.7m).

Newcastle continue to be very much out of the Fantasy picture with only Salomón Rondón (£5.9m) currently above 5% ownership.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Manquillo; Ritchie, Hayden, Ki, Atsu; Rondón, Pérez.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold; Henderson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho; Mané, Sturridge, Salah.

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  1. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 17 mins ago

    Why did I start Son over Origi?!

    1. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 16 mins ago

      Isn't as bad as having Origi in the first place

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 12 mins ago

        Fair point 😛 Only got him because I needed a super cheap Mane enabler last week and I thought he might have started vs Hud with Firmino injured.

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Come again.

  2. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 16 mins ago

    Fabinho looks like he's 40 years old.

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 15 mins ago

      Has done for the past 20 years.

  3. HaydenXL
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 16 mins ago

    Salah + Son -> A, B or C?

    A) Mane and Hazard
    B) Mane and Sane
    C) Hazard and Sane

    1. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 15 mins ago

      A

  4. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 16 mins ago

    What a ball in with the outside of his boot from Ritchie!

  5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 16 mins ago

    This game seems flat have the reds given up?

  6. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 16 mins ago

    I leave you lot alone for five minutes and you break Salah.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 15 mins ago

      Blame Dubravka, DeanO

  7. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 15 mins ago

    Get a yellow Salomon. Need those baps for Trent.

  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 15 mins ago

    Has anyone been knocked out here?

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 14 mins ago

      The way some of them act on here, you’d think so.

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 14 mins ago

      Naw my mate has though

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 14 mins ago

      Armchair doctors will be on here any moment now

    4. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 14 mins ago

      Oh aye. Playing in goal and dived against the post.

    5. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 14 mins ago

      Almost

    6. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 13 mins ago

      I've knocked one out if that counts.

  9. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 14 mins ago

    You’d think Salah’s hair would act like an airbag really.

  10. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 14 mins ago

    Milner on pens

  11. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 14 mins ago

    Late penalty to be buried by Milner?

  12. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 13 mins ago

    One last sub to save the season. In comes James Milner.

  13. XabiAlonso
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 12 mins ago

    Come on red men

  14. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 12 mins ago

    It’s a thriller

    16 all in h2h

    Kun C Laporte Hazard
    Pog C Rashford Kun Walker

  15. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 12 mins ago

    Come on Liverpool. Take it to the last day.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 mins ago

      A draw does that

  16. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 11 mins ago

    Is this result good or bad for those with City players? 😐

    1. Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Cancel that question

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Don't think it really changes anything, MCI have to win regardless

  17. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 11 mins ago

    Klopp somehow needs to get his AmbientScouseCrowdNoise.mp3 onto the PA system pronto.

  18. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 mins ago

    3-2 Pool

  19. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 mins ago

    Origi G

  20. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 mins ago

    Origi goal
    Shaq assist

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 mins ago

      The old firm strike again

  21. Party time
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Origiiiigigigigigigigigi

    • Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Origi first on my bench 😀

    • The Enlightener
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Divock!

      1. The Enlightener
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 mins ago

        maybe OG?

    • how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Leicester could always get a draw against city. Wouldn't rule it out.

    • Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Origiii

    • Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Ohhh no.

    • Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Fabinho fell over the ball and the lino gave a foul. How lucky have Liverpool been

    • Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Praise the lord.

    • Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Piss off Shaq, stealing Trents set pieces.

      Well done Liverpool 🙂

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 mins ago

        Don’t care now 🙂 (TAA owner and pool fan)

    • g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 mins ago

      Lascelles OG