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Salah and Alexander-Arnold fit to start as Lacazette and Martial return

The final three matches of Gameweek 10 kick off at the same time, with the games at Anfield, Carrow Road and the Emirates all set for a 16:30 GMT start.

Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City entertain Manchester United and Arsenal host Crystal Palace on a busy Sunday afternoon of Premier League football.

Despite rumours to the contrary and images suggesting he didn’t train on Friday, Mohamed Salah (£12.4m) is fit to start for Liverpool against Spurs.

There is also positive news from a defensive perspective, with Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.2m) also in the Reds’ starting XI having been minor doubts towards the back-end of last week.

Robertson had indeed been given the all-clear by Jurgen Klopp on Friday, while Alexander-Arnold has shaken off the virus that caused his non-involvement against Genk in midweek.

Joel Matip (£5.5m) misses out, however, so Dejan Lovren (£5.3m) again accompanies Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) at centre-half.

Salah is, as usual, joined by Sadio Mane (£11.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.6m) in Liverpool’s front three.

Mauricio Pochettino has made four changes from the Spurs team that beat Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday, with Jan Vertonghen (£5.3m), Tanguy Ndombele (£6.0m), Ben Davies (£5.4m) and Erik Lamela (£5.9m) all dropping out.

Lamela is not in the visitors’ matchday squad, having suffered a thigh injury.

Danny Rose (£5.4m), Toby Alderweireld (£5.5m), Christian Eriksen (£8.7m) and Harry Winks (£5.3m) return to the starting XI.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made only one alteration from the team that drew 1-1 with Liverpool last Sunday and it is a significant one: Anthony Martial (£7.5m) replacing Marcos Rojo (£4.8m).

That presumably means a change of system and the ditching of the 3-4-2-1 in favour of a back four.

Daniel Farke has kept things straightforward, naming the same Norwich team that recorded a rare clean sheet against Bournemouth.

Teemu Pukki (£6.9m), without a goal since Gameweek 5, again leads the line for the Canaries, while Todd Cantwell (£4.8m) maintains his own ever-present record.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) makes his first Arsenal league start since Gameweek 4, replacing Bukayo Saka (£4.5m) in attack.

That likely means a return to a wide-left position for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m).

Dani Ceballos (£5.4m) is in for Joe Willock (£5.0m) in ‘the hole’, while Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) makes his Premier League debut at left-back.

Roy Hodgson makes just one change to the Crystal Palace side defeated 2-0 by Manchester City, with Andros Townsend (£5.7m) starting ahead of Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m).

Budget FPL defender Martin Kelly (£4.1m) is only among the substitutes.


Arsenal XI: Leno; Chambers, Sokratis, Luiz, Tierney; Guendouzi, Xhaka; Pépé, Ceballos, Aubameyang; Lacazette.

Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey; Ward, Tomkins, Cahill, Van Aanholt; Townsend, Kouyaté, Milivojević, McArthur; Ayew, Zaha.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Gazzaniga; Aurier, Alderweireld, Sánchez, Rose; Winks, Sissoko; Son, Eriksen, Dele; Kane.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Aarons, Amadou, Godfrey, Lewis; Tettey; Buendia, Leitner, McLean, Cantwell; Pukki.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Young; McTominay, Fred; Pereira, James, Rashford; Martial.

2,002 Comments Post a Comment
  1. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    At some point Liverpool will keep a clean sheet right...

  2. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Good goal for Salah, Firmino and Mane owners. Liverpool have to attack now.

  3. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Double Liverpool defense 😎

  4. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Cheers Harry

  5. F4L
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    what a finish

  6. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Good, we need to bounce back, comon Salah and Mane :>

  7. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Son(c) unite..

    1. SkeletONv01
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wait Son assist? I have him 😛

  8. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Son assit?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Back off the bar

  9. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Every time I get TAA in he does absolutely nothing. When I don't own, he scores points in buckets. It's unreal.

    1. SB8
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Just set and forget. He will deliver anyway

  10. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Coys!

  11. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    my word, I took Kane and Son out for Vardy and KDB, can it backfire lol?

  12. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    FPL gives assist to Son.. phew!

  13. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I hate Harry Kane with such passion

  14. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Taa CS wiped. Another great gw.

    1. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Clean sheets are a bonus, not the reason most own him.

      1. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        True I guess. Still, would be nice to get those double digits.

  15. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool falling apart

  17. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Right, triple pool defence here

  18. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lol that was quick.

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pool bottled already ffs.

    Needed points from Trent and Sadio

    1. Don Van Vliet
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      There's still 80 minutes left.

  20. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Son assist. Get innnnn

    Was so close to selling him last night to fund Vardy. Glad I held on.

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Son is quality, set and forget him

      1. Not again Shirley
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Exactly. I have been quite vocal of Son sellers recently. I think he is a great FF asset and has good run of fixtures coming up.

    2. Stockport Hatter
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yep who needs 20 points when you can have 5

  21. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    As a Mane and TAA owner I'm v happy with that

    1. SB8
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Would like to get the logic as another Mane & TAA owner

  22. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    awful defending by henderson for the goal.

  23. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Minimum 9 points lost immediately with TAA Robbo Mane

  24. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Don't you just hate it when you're a minute late for the game

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Or 48 seconds

  25. Stockport Hatter
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Got to stop following the herd on here. "Liverpool defence is essential" since August man!!! 😀

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Love my defence:

      Pope - Button
      TAA - Lundstram - Soyuncu - Tomori - Rico

      #budgetdefence

  26. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sonnny

  27. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    FPLOL

  28. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    COYP!!

  29. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Oh, Liverpool…

  30. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    If Martial does really well I don’t know who to get rid of.
    Most, well many have Kdb, Sterling, Mount, Mane/Salah.