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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. Sancidino
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Forget the Salah return, TC him, he's now broken

    1. Sancidino
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nice, top post

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Beats the norm 🙂

  2. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Jones is no Greenwood

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not even close

    2. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Championship side player at best

  3. Mr Arsenal
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I can’t believe Salah didn’t put Mane in on goal.

    Actually I can...

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Was thinking the same

    2. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Beyond selfishness

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He played in Curtis Jones instead?

        1. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          He literally could have 2 or 3 assists so far this game 😆

        2. Arctic monkeys
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Why though ? Mané was going to be one on one

        3. Threat Level Midnight
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Played in? Must be watching a different match

          1. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            ? Bro he literally did

            1. Threat Level Midnight
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Mane was going towards goal. Jones was parallel. He laid it off slightly in front of him too late. Then Jones did what he’s done all game and show he’s not fit for the Prem

  4. yakirh
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone with WC37 + BB38 plan?
    Who are your 3 city players?

  5. Moose™
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Chasing 41 points in my ML..

    ML leader have Salah.. I got Mane myself..

    Swap Mane with Sterling?

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Between today’s missed assists and chances vs Brighton, non Salah owners are riding their luck.

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Luck? You mean exactly what Salah owners rise usually?

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This end of season is a budget managers dream - not enough MF places for all the firing assets

  7. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah has created a fair few chances today

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

    Salah fail today 🙁

  9. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    So frustrating game for Salah owners. Could have been huge haul 🙁

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Take your points last week and be content

  10. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pool wasting chances.

  11. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    This is turning into a joke......Salah could have easily had a hat trick of A ...........LFC so wastefull

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same as KDB vs Newcastle.....

      Just got to suck it up

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        That’s correct diesel

    2. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      LOLOL

  12. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah deserves something. Cannot be that hard to get returns with these chances 😀

  13. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    This Curtis guy is such a waste...

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This

  14. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why the flying f are the scouts posting tweets stating Pope made 4 saves in the first half and only another two needed for another addition save point!? What a terrible post.. another goal from Pool and his extra save point is nullified.. journalism has gone to the dogs

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I'm trying to work out why you're so angry.

      1. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Not angry at all, just mystified as to why this needs a post. As a paying member of the site I think that is fair

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          LOL. You ain't paying for FFS' tweets. You're paying for the data and the analysis they bring with that data.

          1. IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Thanks for your opinion non member for telling me my motives for membership. Amazing 😆

      2. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He’s always angry.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah it's a bit of a naff tweet but they know what people are interested in.

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Most people enjoy counting Pope saves when they own him.

      You are too miserable

    4. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      There’s always an agenda

    5. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Having a bad week?

    6. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Don’t you have anything better to care about in your life?

      Who the flying f cares?

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

      😆

    8. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      You sounds like spurs fan. Hopeless and sad

      1. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Incorrect

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          😉

    9. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Stop crying ffs

  15. dark91
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why are teams like Burnley playing in the PL? So boring and almost no tactics and losing the ball very easily. The same can be said about a few other teams

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Money.

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Norwich showed how ‘playing’ can go wrong. Not worth the risk for Burnley.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Because they don't have the quality of player to play a better style of football

      1. dark91
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        But that's exactly the thing. They don't seem to have a strategy to change their style of play, which is very evident when you look at the type of players they buy (e.g Rodriguez)

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          It is very hard to change style of play. Look at Palace when they tried to do it with De Boer. Brighton have tried it with Potter and they have only really improved slightly.

          The hardest thing to add is creativity. Because it is not easily taught and it doesn't come cheap.

    3. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Burnley are an exception. Look how much they spend and their wage bill. What they do is effective.

      1. dark91
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I am not criticising the business aspect but just the football they are producing to me as a spectator:)

    4. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If everybody played the same way it would be boring IMO, stubborn football is often good to watch, like McCarthy and Stephens vs City.

      1. dark91
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Agree. But other teams rely on the same strategy but produce a more entertaining end product to us as spectators. You have useless teams like Bournemouth who have been doing nothing for the past few years and on the other hand a team like Newcastle or Southampton who play more decent football

    5. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A rude and unjustified comment.

    6. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      They’re playing against the best team in Europe away from home and losing 1-0, so shocking

  16. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Rodriguez SoT!!

    1. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      That's crazy fast watching from the future ?

  17. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Is Nick O'Williams Irish?

    1. Big Mac 24
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Good effort

    2. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Welsh

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Norwegian

  18. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Trent please come on!!

    1. Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      downvote

    2. _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This

  19. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Gotta pass to Mo there Sadio D:

  20. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mane SOT

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Origi getting ready.

    Salah 60’ watch.

    1. _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Definitely not Salah

  22. H-SF
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Klopp take Mane and Salah off fella I know you want to

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It will be Firmino. Klopp never takes Salah off.

  23. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    So many upset salah owners

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      More upset Mané owners and captainers

  24. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mane not passing to Salah again

  25. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I’m selling Mané for a Chelsea mid. Him and Salah still haven’t sorted their differences out.

  26. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Congrats on pool CS

  27. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Cmon take kids out, enough playing.
    Time for TAA and Keita/Ox

  28. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    An assist will do Mo

    1. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A YC will do Mo

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pope saved denied.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This

  30. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I'm fine with Salah blank as long as Mane blanks as well!