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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. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal the banter club

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

    Aahahaha

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

    Ars still 2-2

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

    VAR - LOL. Screw Emery.

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

    Hernandez goal, United CS gone

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

      Yes!

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

    Salah owners very lucky with that goal, got to be Mane

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

      ???

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      +1

  7. syke63
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ffs Arsenal

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

    haha - VAR that! 😀

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

    Norwich Goal?

    1. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yup

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

      Hernandez I think

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

      Oh the sound of those United dead team CSs going bust 🙂

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

    Surprised Rose didn’t go down

    1. Dr Van Nostrand
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      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      His name isn't Harry

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

    Wenger in!

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

    Why does Spurs look a man short

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

      Aurier is still surprisingly on the pitch.

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

        That explains it then

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

    Sokratis, its romanian name right?

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Greek

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

      Greek god isnt he?

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

        Philosopher

        1. Sim Simma
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          • 13 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Cogito, ergo sum ?

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

            That is Latin and said by a French btw 😀

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

    United low xGC

  15. TomSaints
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    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Love that Norwich goal

  16. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who would come in for Emery?

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wenger

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

      Get Ancelotti from Napoli

      1. Old Man
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        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        A proper manager but I doubt he'd come here again

    3. syke63
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      David Brent

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

    United CS gone

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

    No CS today in the PL. Beautiful.

  19. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    VAR's rival has Sokratis TC

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

      VAR's main rival is Common Sense.

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

        I understand. It was common sense to triple captain Sokratis.

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

    Hernandez goal

  21. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Cantwell will have lost his place now.

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah because why would it not happen the week I had a perez hat trick on the bench

  22. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Thought Arsenal was 3-2 up?

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

      VAR ruled out their third 'goal'

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

      VAR overruled.

    3. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      3 goal disallowed after VAR check

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

      Just scroll, dude

  23. _Ninja_
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    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No cleanies today

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

    Sokratis is not allowed to be on a hattrick. Page 85 of the rule book.

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

    Hernandez G

  26. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    AFTV is gonna be a riot tonight

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

      Great stuff!

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

    Rico the only defender you need

  28. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Cantwell's competition scores

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

    State of the ref

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

    How can Pukki not be involved?!