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Lundstram returns as Klopp names a full-strength team

The final match of Gameweek 21 – and the last of 39 Premier League fixtures contested over the past fortnight – takes place at Anfield.

Sheffield United are the visitors to Liverpool, with kick-off on Merseyside at 20:00 GMT.

Given the no-shows from the likes of Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) and Sergio Aguero (£11.7m) on New Year’s Day, some Fantasy managers may be counting on returns of some sort from John Lundstram (£5.2m).

The good news on that front is that Fantasy Premier League’s most-owned ‘defender’ is fit to start this evening, having made a swift recovery from the twisted ankle that forced his absence at the Etihad on Sunday.

Lundstram replaces Mo Besic (£4.4m) in the Sheffield United starting XI, while David McGoldrick (£5.4m) returns to the side at the expense of Callum Robinson (£5.0m) in Chris Wilder’s only other alteration.

Jurgen Klopp has also kept changes to a minimum, with his solitary tweak seeing James Milner (£5.3m) replace Adam Lallana (£5.8m) in midfield.

Naby Keita (£5.8m) had originally been named in the team but injured himself in the warm-up.

That means there are starts for all five Liverpool players who have a double-digit ownership in FPL: Mohamed Salah (£12.3m), Sadio Mane (£12.3m), Virgil van Dijk (£7.0m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.4m) and Andrew Robertson (£7.0m).

Salah and Mane are among the ten most-captained players in Gameweek 21, with only one of the other eight – Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) – scoring more than two points yesterday.

The reverse fixture of this match saw Liverpool defeat the Blades 1-0, with Wilder’s side one of just three teams who have not conceded more than one goal to Klopp’s troops in a league fixture this season.


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

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

2,537 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Not ideal that goal, as long as he doesn't get another.

  2. 1zverGGadeM
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Oh my... Bobby 🙁 That hurts too much as TAA + Bobby owner :@

  3. Babit1967
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    What was I thinking with firmino punt

  4. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    As a Robbo and mane owner only but not capper I want the final whistle blown now

  5. Ribus
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Any chance Salah will get the assist?

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Nope. Mane missed the the first shot, scored the second

    2. JohnBlack
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No

    3. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No.

  6. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Paging Mr. Klopp - please sub Salah.

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

    We need another Mane, c’mon!!!

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

    Stop moaning people. If you are watching the game there is a 0% chance that is a Salah assist.

    Mané's initial shot was saved by the keeper.

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      The most sensible comment I’ve seen today

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      We'll get his second goal shortly anyway 🙂

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

        Hopefully (if you're on about Salah, that is.)

    3. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I know but I dont like it, I am telling them to my mum.

    4. Dele
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Shut up

  9. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    It’s only an assist if the rebound/save is from another players shot, not the goal scorers.

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      This.

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      People are idiots.

    3. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers, I should really know that by now!

  10. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    All we need now is a Miner penalty won by Mane 😀

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Milner*

    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Would be top trolling 😆

  11. funny money
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    that salah no assist means I am a point behind my cup rival who has mane

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Ok?

      1. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Why do these responses? Just because you’re not enjoying the game, doesn’t mean you need to be a complete c***.

  12. Sj3451
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Targett (Or Kelly) + Jimi
    To
    Robbo + DCL for free?

    Have got TAA and Salah

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

    2. BUZZBOMB
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yip

  13. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Looking on the bright side it helped salah on the bps

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      ferk the baps.. needed that assist...

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I know! Way my season is going I need to find the positives!!

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I went from gaining 100k places to losing 10k

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Try having a 1.3m rank!

    3. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      How so

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Big chance created I’d guess

  14. BENOIT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Chucking Mane. Arse bandit.

    Should have buried the first one, FFS

    1. BUZZBOMB
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That's not very nice.

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

    Always bad but this GW... people not knowing the rules.

    1. L S P
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      moany whinging > rules

  16. Ser Davos
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    It's actually nice to see both Salah and Mane deliver pretty equally

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thats why Im happy owning bowf

  17. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Robbo 3
    Salah 2
    Mané 1
    ...as it stands in fpl

    1. HollywoodXI
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Salah will get a million deductions as usual don’t forget.

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Mané too. Salah winning goal bps

        1. PepTalk
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          I've never understood winning goal. Why would the first goal of the game be the winning goal? Makes no sense or am I missing something really obvious?

  18. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    So proud Mane, missed the first shot, scored the second. What a player 😀

  19. Jones Kusi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Bottomed.
    Who do you want as your 3rd Liverpool player?
    Robertson, Gomez or Salah

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      TAA will be my 3rd.

      1. Jones Kusi
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Wow, good answer

    2. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Double attack plus TAA imo

  20. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Eurrghh, vice captains have been huge for rivals this season, why couldn’t of Vardy just played! The plonk

    1. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Vardy would have likely done well anyway.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I know, it’s just that VC has massively worked in rivals this season, haven’t got lucky once this season with them, have never known a season like it

  21. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    If anyone gets the assist, it should be Mané.

  22. Poseidon.
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    When enough people moaned about the Grealish one yesterday FPL towers succumbed to pressure - remains to be seen whether enough people actually own Salah to make this happen

    1. supperspout
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah sure

  23. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Didnt Abraham get an assist exactly like that?

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No. He took the shot himself

    2. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No his shot was blocked by defender and azpi scored

  24. Dele
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Sick of owning Salah

  25. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    TAA cmoon..sshoot yourself instead of passing to Firmino empty netters

    1. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No need 😯

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

    Latest bps:

    Robertson (40)
    Salah (31)
    Mané (31)
    Alexander-Arnold (28)
    van Dijk (27)

  27. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I think its a Big Chance Created for the BAPS

  28. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Sadioooo

    Dunno why I VC Rashford lmao

  29. Dont give a fuchs
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    There should be a poll of vice captain too

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      "Best vice captain for GW21?"

      1. Dont give a fuchs
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yes. GW like these definitely needs one

      2. Dont give a fuchs
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Or make it part of captain sensible article

  30. fridge
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Have Trent and Salah. 10 mins ago was all ready to get Robbo, now thinking Mane again

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I have exactly the opposite. Have Robbo and mane.
      Putting both Salah and mane means sacrificing elsewhere too much imo

    2. BUZZBOMB
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Trent and Mane here. It'll need to be Robbo or Joe/VVD 3rd for me.