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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. syke63
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    More missed pens?

    1. syke63
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Noooooooo!

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Stonewall

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

    What a complete, utter liability Aurier is... whether Salah scores or not.

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah to take pen

  5. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    go away Salah, always getting poitns from Mane

  6. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah taking it

  7. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Cmon Mo

  8. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Goal Liverpool as stated

  9. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah g mane a

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

    Salah G (Pen)
    Mane A

  11. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah goal
    Mane assit

  12. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah G
    Mane A

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

    Score pls.

  14. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Yesss lads xmon

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

    I'll take whatever outcome betters my rank. Either Salah miss, or Mané goal 😉

  16. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Martial subbed off, Greenwood on

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Super Mo 🙂

  18. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    SALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

  19. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    how has Pepe got nothing this game, he has been sick!

  20. Igor-Stimac
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    VVD and C.Wilson to Jiminez and Mandy?

    Worth a minus 4?

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

      When you came and you gave without taaaaakin'

      1. Igor-Stimac
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        But I sent you away, oh Mendyyyyy*

        1. villa_til_i_die
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Lol

  21. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah and Mane points. HELL YEAH!!!

  22. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Super super Mo

  23. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    This is your year Pool

  24. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    MO SALAH

    MO SALAH

    MO SALAH

  25. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Wow thats a bad penalty... Ill take it though

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mo already took it

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

    Salah G? Mane A? Oh wait, i have em both, POINTS :>

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

      Son, Salah, Mane, good game 😛

  27. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Happy as a Salah owner but how is that a penalty?!!

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      LOL

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

        ???
        Aurier wasn't even seeing Mane!!

  28. Totally !rre!evant
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Awful Penalty!

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'd say so... 🙁

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Spurs in a weird rush now.

  30. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    He’s back 🙂

    Salah (c) brings home the bacon