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Jimenez, Doherty and Adama benched as Klopp keeps rotation to a minimum

The final two matches of Gameweek 20 overlap one another, with Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers kicking off at 16:30 GMT and Manchester City v Sheffield getting underway at 18:00 GMT.

Despite having threatened to utilise his peripheral squad players in his pre-match press conference, Jurgen Klopp has kept the changes to a minimum for the Reds’ final match of 2019.

Klopp’s only alteration sees Adam Lallana (£5.8m) replace Naby Keita (£5.8m) in central midfield, so there are starts for popular Fantasy assets Mohamed Salah (£12.3m), Sadio Mane (£12.3m), Roberto Firmino (£9.2m), Virgil van Dijk (£6.4m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.4m) and Andrew Robertson (£7.0m).

There isn’t such positive news for owners of some of Wolves’ most-owned FPL players.

Having beaten Manchester City in a five-goal thriller less than 48 hours ago, Nuno Espirito Santo has understandably freshened up his side for this trip to Anfield.

Raul Jimenez (£7.5m), Adama Traore (£5.5m), Matt Doherty (£6.1m) and Romain Saiss (£4.4m) all drop to the bench, with Pedro Neto (£5.0m), Ruben Vinagre (£4.2m), Ryan Bennett (£4.9m) and Max Kilman (£4.0m) all drafted into the starting XI.

Diogo Jota (£6.1m) keeps his place up front, however.

Adama was the fourth-most-bought FPL asset of Gameweek 20.

Salah and Mane were both among the top five most-captained players this weekend, with the Egyptian second only to Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) for armband duties among the top 10k.

Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven away league games, although Liverpool have, of course, only dropped two points all season.

The big news at the Etihad is that the most-owned ‘defender’ in FPL, John Lundstram (£5.1m), has failed a late fitness test and misses out.

Mo Besic (£4.4m) replaces Lundstram in midfield, with Lys Mousset (£4.9m) and Callum Robinson (£5.0m) getting starts up front in place of David McGoldrick (£5.4m) and Oli McBurnie (£5.7m).

The Blades are, remarkably, still unbeaten on the road this season.

All three of Pep Guardiola’s changes are made at the back.

Teenage centre-half Eric Garcia (£4.5m) replaces Nicolas Otamendi (£5.0m), while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m) is in for Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m) at left-back.

Claudio Bravo (£4.8m) starts in goal in place of the suspended Ederson (£6.0m).

It’s the same front six that started at Molineux on Friday, meanwhile, with Sergio Aguero (£11.7m) leading the line.

Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) is back on the bench after recovering from illness.

City have scored in every match over the last 11 Gameweeks, averaging 2.27 goals per game in that time.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.5m) is the second-most-popular captaincy option in Gameweek 20, having been handed the armband by 764,890 FPL managers.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Lallana, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Jonny, Kilman, Coady, Dendoncker, Bennett, Neves, Moutinho, Vinagre, Jota, Neto.

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Walker, Garcia, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Baldock, Stevens, O’Connell, Basham, Egan, Besic, Norwood, Fleck, Robinson, Mousset.

3,724 Comments Post a Comment
  1. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    No goal

  2. SB007
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Offside by his bootlaces

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      A whole foot, but...

  3. Waynoo
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Lucky lpool

  4. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This is what it sounds like, when the Wolves cry...

    1. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      🙂

  5. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Awful, awful development

  6. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Liverpool jam continues

    1. Naby K8a
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Following the laws of the game is jam apparently

      1. Lucackadoodledoo
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Lol. Liverpool fan spotted

        1. Naby K8a
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Lol. Bitter rival fan spotted

  7. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    VARRR

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

    That was level 😆

  9. BobbyV
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Wow

  10. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    oh LiVARpool

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    That’s a joke

  12. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Var is horrible, it's just absolutely horrible

    1. Shark Team
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Totally agree

  13. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    TAA, Salah CS still possible 🙂

  14. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Was there any decision where Liverpool didn't get the var in their favour?

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      One and it was done on purpose

  15. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Premier League is D I S G U S T I N G

  16. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    That is harsh.

  17. nolard
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    VAR offside rulings ruining football.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Love it

  18. Tronity
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    With 2FTs, would you:

    A) Alli > Martial and save 2nd transfer
    B) Grealish and Abraham > Martial and Ings

  19. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    It's not luck lol, they've been fixing almost every game

  20. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    NO GOALLL

  21. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Oh my god. I give up

  22. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    LiVARpool strikes again.

  23. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Neto got tired from celebrating goal

  24. dvdguy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Primer League title goes to VAR

  25. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Var for the president

  26. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This is the weekend that will break VAR. 90% of people are now against VAR

  27. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    CS saved

  28. BIG TONES
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ridiculous

  29. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    First game I've watched this season, now I get the var frustration

  30. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pl fixed for pool to win. What a joke