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Pulisic benched as Chelsea switch to three-man defence at Liverpool

Owners of Christian Pulisic (£7.4m) will be frustrated to see their man on the Chelsea bench for the final match of Gameweek 37+.

It is the first time the American has not started since the Gameweek 30+ win at Aston Villa.

Frank Lampard has opted to change his formation for the trip to Anfield, lining up in a 3-4-3 shape with Marcos Alonso (£6.1m) and Reece James (£4.9m) as the wing-backs.

Mason Mount (£6.0m) has moved forward to take Pulisic’s place in the front-three but Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) and Willian (£7.3m) retain their starting berths from the 1-0 win over Norwich.

Liverpool, who will lift the Premier League trophy tonight, have predictably gone with the big guns for this one.

That means Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) and Sadio Mané (£12.2m) are both stationed either side of Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) as per usual.

And in defence, Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.7m) start in their preferred positions, as does Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m).

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold; Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Keïta; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Chelsea XI (3-4-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rüdiger; Alonso, Kovacic, Jorginho, R James; Mount, Giroud, Willian.

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  1. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Giroud g

  2. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wow did I need that CS wipe!!!

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

    Giroud G
    Willian A

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

    GIROOOOOUUUUD

  5. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Grew G

  6. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Giroud scores

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Willian assist

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

    TAA on bench, but all players in my XI have returns.

    All but Bruno (c) that is.

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same, no blanks except for Bruno(c)

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

        Only a few points lost, but it hurts

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

    Yessssssssssssssss... Pool CS gone!!!!

  9. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How on earth is that a Salah assist, what a ridiculous rule from FPL

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I am watching, definitely not an assist however he is highly owned and there is no consistency from FPL whatsoever

      1. Don Van Vliet
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Are you blind?

    2. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It was given by OPTA I guess.

  10. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pope golden glove

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

      Not if Ederson gets another CS....

  11. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Giroud g

    TAA C's gone at least

  12. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Cant believe I'm still on a predicted red arrow with TAA and Salah(C) here. 59 points. Christ.

  13. Party time
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Girouddddd

    • Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      OLLIE . TAA CS wiped ha

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He will get bonus

      2. Greek Freak
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Who's Ollie?

    • SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This gets better and better, now clean sheet gone

    • Zilla
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      nice half that

    • have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      good, now Salah get some goals

    • Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Took out Willian & Giroud, replaced tehm with Salah & Jesus, go figure.

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

      FFS.. started Allison over McCarthy..

    • Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not a bad half of football that.

    • Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Started Pulisic over Willian.

    • jonnybhoy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Is that a Willian assist?

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

        It’ll be given to Salah

    • Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Pulisic come on and get your brace

    • Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Was that seriously a salah asssit? Wtf

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

        yeah 😆

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

        Are you blind?

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          No I can see perfectly fine

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Clearly not

            1. Costa Nostra
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Hilarious how non owners can’t ever see the assist. Hey kicked it right to him yet people can’t see it. Lmao

      3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        As bad as Jimmys wild slash of an assist last night

        1. Van der Faart
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          This x10000

    • DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Probably a good thing that for me not owning Trent even if I have VVD as Trent would have been guaranteed 3 bps. When you gonna score again Virgil!

    • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lol i have TAA and ML second place has Becket Robbo VVD. Happy days

      1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Becker even

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Why are people even surprised? FPL always give the casual heros like Salah extra points when they can. Kane has always been the same, ROoney as well back in the day.

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Not really, they rarely give him bonus

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

          Because its out of their power. If it was still man in the stand he would get 3 baps every other game

      2. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Looked like he kicked it back to me...

    • JHolmes
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      27 bench points, Reina, Foden, TAA, Lamptey

      1. Greek Freak
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I mean, some of it looks pretty self-inflicted.

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

          Henderson instead of Reina, doubling this mistake with Egan ahead of TAA. (pool have looked so half-arsed on def lately). Mistake on starting Mahrez instead of Foden. Lamptey was just bonus 4 mil

          1. Greek Freak
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Yeah Lamptey and Reina are fair enough - good decisions that backfired. But Foden and TAA shouldn't have been benched.

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

              Yeah the TAA one is clearer, Foden easy to say in hindsight. Mostly thought between Vardy, Mahrez, greenwood and him, made the wrong choices...

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        own fault

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

          It always is with this game.

      3. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Nice BB.

      4. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        OUCH!

      5. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I hope you used BB this week?

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

          I wish.

      6. beric
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Well if youre gunna bench the highest scoring defender in the game...

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

          You either look really smart or really stupid..

    • Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Kepa with 0 saves

    • goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Trent is elite. Absolutely elite.

      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Damn straight.

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

        At attacking. Defending he’s very poor

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

          Naah