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Alexander-Arnold’s turn for a benching as Salah and Mané start at Anfield

Jurgen Klopp has engaged in some more late-season rotation, causing issues for Fantasy managers once again.

After Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) was benched at Brighton so Neco Williams (£4.0m) could get a first Premier League start, it is Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.8m) who has made way for him at Anfield.

The young full-back is capable of playing on both sides of the defence, operating at left-back at the Amex Stadium but handed a start on the right-hand side today.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) owners will be happy to see him survive the latest shuffling of the Liverpool pack as some had feared he might get the same treatment as Sadio Mané (£12.3m) did midweek.

But the two premium midfielders are both in the team today, stationed in their usual roles either side of Roberto Firmino (£9.4m).

With Jordan Henderson (£5.3m) out for the remainder of the Premier League season, Klopp has taken the opportunity to offer a start in midfield to Curtis Jones (£4.5m).

The youngster is joined there by the more experienced Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.4m) and Fabinho (£5.4m).

Burnley line-up in their traditional 4-4-2 shape, with Erik Pieters (£4.2m) in midfield and Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m) joined up-front by Chris Wood (£6.1m).

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Gomez, N Williams; C Jones, Wijnaldum, Fabinho; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Burnley XI: Pope; C Taylor, Tarkowski, K Long, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Brownhill, Pieters; Wood, Rodriguez.

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  1. CheesyZoot
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    On FH next week would you rather Willian + Pulisic double up or Pulisic + Antonio?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Chelsea double up

    2. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      all 3

      1. CheesyZoot
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        That would mean going without Bruno and a City midfield double which I don't really like the idea of

  2. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bardsley denying Pope save point

  3. Manimals
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    If you activate free hit, take a player out of your team, then later in the same week (ie while free hit is still active) change your mind and put the player back in, do you get him back for the same amount you got for selling him or do you have to pay the full market price? Thanks!

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Full price

      1. Manimals
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks mate

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

      Full market price. You sold them and replaced them with another player.

      1. Manimals
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Thought so but wasn't sure. Thanks mate!

  4. MaLTaMaN
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Did a deadline day transfer from Son to Antonio, and went all the way with captaining him! Normally the impulsive last minute transfers never work out... but today was different 🙂

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nice one.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Ok

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        What you so negative for? Fair play to the lad

    3. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      How do you walk with balls that big?

    4. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      amazing mate! well done

  5. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jones looking essential

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Salah not used to passing.

  7. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Salah rathter give GK than pass to Mane

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      As usual

  8. N00B
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    How is Salah looking? I cant watch the game but I expect the same score as Antonio did today.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Used up all his points last GW.

    2. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Busy

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Very hungry.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Villa

    4. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Could’ve had two by now

    5. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Starving

    6. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      One chance, wasteful as always otherwise

    7. N00B
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks for answers guys!

  9. Party time
      3 years, 8 months ago

      By now Greenwood would have scored

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        This n

    • Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Play Lascelles vs TOT(H) or one of Stevens/Egan vs LEI(A)?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Well Lascelles went off injured

        1. Pep Roulette
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Damn! :/

        2. Vazza
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Don’t think he was injured

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Was he not? Fair enough

            1. Vazza
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Nah, I was closely listening to the commentary.

              1. Pep Roulette
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Cheers mate

                1. Vazza
                  • 3 Years
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  It’s cool. Are you starting Foden later?

        3. WVA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Again!?

      2. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Difficult because spurs suck but sheffield with the better defence. Hmmm. Go for Egan.

        1. Pep Roulette
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Cheers

    • Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Roman y u no putting a bid in for Nick Pope.

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Because he wants Ramsdale

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Very different playing for a big club that plays open expansive football compared with ultra defensive Burnley

        • Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Rubbish distribution means he probably won't get a chance at bigger clubs

        • Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I am (half) kidding guys. He is tall & can save shots - two things Kepa lacks in.

          He's also not young and contracted up, so doesn't really fit our transfer policy of late.

      3. seewhyaxe
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Oh shucks.

        TAA benched means Taylor gonna come off and I’d have double Burnley defence and no Pool attackers.

        A clean sheet here would be perfect!

        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I'd expect TAA to come on at some point.

        2. Garlana
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Yeh taa probably get a cameo

        3. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          taa will play

        4. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Trent will be on if the Burnley CS is alive.

      4. Chandler Bing
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Hoping for TAA no show

      5. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        This Jones kid is S**t

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Very quick to write people off

          • bench boost for every gamew…
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Never watched footie before have you?

        2. Firminooooo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Kiko in if TAA no minutes. Whats the chance TAA stay on bench?

          1. Samwise the Brave
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            0%

          2. Chandler Bing
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Hoping for the same but looks extremely unlikely now.

          3. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 8 months ago

              If they're winning comfortable he might stay off

            • Playing_the_Numbers
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              probably about 60%

            • Easy Cheesy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              I think slim. All the big players for liv and mci have been coming on for last 30 mins.

          4. WVA
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Getting Lascelles in for TAA, hope he stays on the bench!

          5. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            LOL. Burnley got a fungal problem in their pitch.

            1. Hulk Smash
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              It's Anfield

          6. Vazza
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Who’s looking better so far -

            A. Mane
            B. Salah

            1. dark91
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Salah a little bit more lively

          7. mucka
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            I have 2 free transfers this week.

            I'm planning on free hitting this week. Will my 2 free transfers roll when my team reverts back the week after?

            1. dark91
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Nope. You lose 1 (from experience)

            2. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Nope. 1 FT only

          8. Pep Roulette
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Alonso looks an amazing pick if he starts against Norwich!

          9. El Presidente
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Burnley is just horrible. Medieval tactics awful footbal

            1. Qaiss
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Awh because they won’t let Salah score 4 goals?

          10. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            No chance of a Burnley goal today. Strikers are too slow so easy for full-backs to recover if CBs get exposed.

            1. dark91
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Corners are the answer

          11. Kodap
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            How does it work if Trent is in your starting 11, liverpool concede but he's not on the pitch, then he comes on.. does he get a clean sheet bonus if it was to end like 3-1? Liverpool (but the goal was scored before he was on the pitch)

            1. dark91
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Only if he comes on before 30' and the goal was scored already, which can't happen now

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

              Only if he came on before 30 mins. No CS point possible for him now.

            3. Samwise the Brave
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              He needs to play 60 mins. That time has passed now. But if he had come on pre 30 and they were 1 down already and didn't concede more he'd get the clean sheet

            4. Steve The Spud
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Needs to play 60 mins

            5. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              He's not getting 60 mins anyhow

          12. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Mane & Salah sooooooo narrow.

            1. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Usually good for them though. Because they play in that inside channel they get lots of shots than if they were wider. Width has to come from Williams and Robertson.

          13. Team Cruel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Pope: 3

          14. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Save point.

          15. JBG
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Pope keeping a CS isn't he :/?? Why did I bench him -_-.

            1. Utopsis
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Praise the Lord, we've been saved!

          16. CheesyZoot
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            People still looking at FH 36 opposed to 38?

            I personally think there are juicier fixtures to attack on 36, plus by 38, most teams probably either already relegated or had places cemented.

            Could be convinced otherwise is someone has any reasons for 38...

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              I was gw38 but decided to go into Manchester City B team for gw36

              David Silva over KdB.

              Ship Mahrez.

              Don't get Sterling.

              Maybe keep Foden etc...

              1. CheesyZoot
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Really thinking D Silva over KDB for GW36?

                Bold but could pay off

          17. Rains of Castamere
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Huge miss Salah

          18. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            How many other Pope owners kept the faith? Dare we dream?

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              1.0?