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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. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    YNWA, sorry Spurs, no chance for ya :>

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

      Well, 2 best Europe teams play, champions league final all over again :>

    2. Rash
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      😆

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

    Mane wasting Trent assist

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

      Meh it was going behind him.

  3. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool only 2 cs in first 10 gws. Their defense has been so shaky this season

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

      Not many teams are solidly defensively atm tbf

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

      Trent and Robbo 7.0m essential :>

  4. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Classic FIFA '20 goal by Spurs

  5. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No chance loserpool ever catch our league record 😆

  6. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Cantwell close

  7. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Can we blame Lovren for that goal?

  8. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Is that really an assist? Went into a Liverpool player, the bar and to Kane.

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      As long as the shot was on target, I think.

      1. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Plus the bar/post is considered 'on target' in terms of assists.

  9. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    me robbo rival kane (c) not changed his team since gw2 this could be the last week of this bloody stupid game hes now got 83 points

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

    How is that a son assist?

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

      Rebound scored off his on target shot...

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

        I know post & bar is off but for FPL...

        1. Postman Ty
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          On target pre-deflection.

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

      Intended target was the goal I guess. Same as any other saved shot at goal that someone scores in the rebound.

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

    Pepe scored yet with Auba assist?>

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

    Eriksen having a mare.

  13. Totally !rre!evant
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal Goal!

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

    OMG sokratis

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

      So crates?

  15. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool clean sheet gone, takes the edge off Matip no show

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal really are in the title race!

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

    OMG Luiz

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

      Laca A

  18. Totally !rre!evant
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Another Arsenal Goal!

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

    Shipping out Kane, Salah, Sterling and Pukki for Vardy, Mane, KDB and Jimenez on WC not looking as good as it did on Friday evening.

    Managed to upgrade dross like Hayden, Kelly and Villa defenders, and add D.Silva, but even so.....

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

    u gusy are useless did arsenal score or not and who got the assist if so

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

      2-0 Ars

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

      It's 2-0 Sokratis and David Luiz with goals.

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

      Try lifting a finger and find out

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

        well my inetrnet is lagging like a mutha and watching the spurs game. And the websites with live scores take forver to actually say who got assist etc

  21. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    lol so all 3 of my def got no cs whilst those on my bench are mocking.

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Similar here. I played 4 defenders, no clean sheet. The bench player with the cleanie 😀

  22. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TAA 2 CS this season? See ya!

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

    Emery In!

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

    And they said the Arsenal defense was bad.

  25. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Palace really need to stop dropping Kelly - they concede whenever he doesn’t play

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

      Yep.

  26. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal FC, amazing world class team

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

      lol

  27. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Nobody is gonna say who got the assist?

      1. Totally !rre!evant
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Xhaka got 1. No assist on other

        1. Totally !rre!evant
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Now given to Laca

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

        For Luiz? It was Lacazette.

    • Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Thats what you get for not playing Kelly

    • IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      David Luiz goal. Lacazette assist

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

      David Luiz essential?