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Klopp decimates Fantasy teams in mass rotation of Liverpool assets

WRITTEN BY DAVID MUNDAY AND NEALE RIGG

Jurgen Klopp has gone from hero to zero for Fantasy Premier League managers in the final Gameweek of 2019/20.

The Liverpool manager has ripped up his usual team-sheet for the trip to Newcastle, consigning Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold to the bench.

Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk are the only two key Fantasy assets to keep their place in the side, which features Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi as the front-three.

After all the talk over potential rotation and midweek jollies to Saint-Tropez, Pep Guardiola has made only one change from the Manchester City side that beat Watford 4-0 on Tuesday.

David Silva returns to the team as expected, with Bernardo Silva making way.

Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling make up the three-man City attack, so that again means no place in the side for Riyad Mahrez.

Kevin De Bruyne also keeps his place.

Daniel Farke’s four changes are all enforced, with Emiliano Buendia and Josip Drmic suspended and Timm Klose and Alex Tettey injured.

Teemu Pukki, Marco Stiepermann, Lukas Rupp and Christoph Zimmermann all return.

Chelsea have made two changes, with Christian Pulisic in for the injured Willian in attack.

Frank Lampard has stuck with a wing-back system but has recalled Willy Caballero between the posts, with the out-of-sorts Kepa Arrizabalaga making way.

Adama Traore, Joao Moutinho and Daniel Podence drop out for Wolves, with Romain Saiss, Diogo Jota and Pedro Neto promoted to the starting XI.

Raul Jimenez makes his 37th league start of the season.

There is just the one change to the Manchester United side from Gameweek 37+, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka replacing Timothy Fosu-Mensah at right-back.

Brendan Rodgers has seemingly stuck with three centre-halves but has made three alterations nonetheless, with Hamza Choudhury, Kelechi Iheanacho and Marc Albrighton replacing Ayoze Perez, Harvey Barnes and Ryan Bennett.

Mikel Arteta perhaps has one eye on the FA Cup final as he has made five changes to Arsenal’s starting XI for the visit of Watford. 

Sead Kolasinac, Bukayo Saka, Lucas Torreira, Cedric Soares and Eddie Nketiah drop out, with Kieran Tierney, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Nicolas Pepe, Joe Willock and Granit Xhaka recalled.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang starts in attack, as does Alexandre Lacazette.

The Hornets have themselves made two changes, with Danny Welbeck and Adam Masina in for the benched Tom Cleverley and Adrian Mariappa.

All appears as it should be for Spurs, who name Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura and Giovani Lo Celso as their front-four attacking players.

Those still invested in Serge Aurier can also be happy as the right-back holds his place in the side.

Crystal Palace are as depleted as expected, with Tyrick Mitchell starting at left-back and still no Luka Milivojevic in the starting line-up.

Michail Antonio owners will be pleased to see the West Ham midfielder holding down the centre-forward position for Aston Villa’s trip to the London Stadium.

Mark Noble is still in the number 10 role, supported by Declan Rice and the box-to-box option of Tomas Soucek behind him.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the man to miss out for Everton, replaced in the front-line by Moise Kean, who plays alongside Richarlison.

Crucially, Jarrad Branthwaite gets a final start of the season in defence at just £4.0m.

John Lundstram may be out there in some Fantasy squads still as today he bids farewell to the budget defender category for good.

He starts in central midfield for Sheffield United today, alongside Sander Berge and John Fleck.

The Blades face a Southampton side fronted by Danny Ings, who has his sights on troubling Vardy for the Golden Boot.

Amid all the carnage elsewhere, there is familiarly reassuring news from Turf Moor as Sean Dyche sticks with the same starting XI that made the cut in the 2-0 win over Norwich.

Leandro Trossard, Aaron Mooy and Pascal Gross all drop out of the Brighton midfield, meanwhile, with Alexis MacAllister, Solly March and Aaron Connolly handed recalls.

Full Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Martinez, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Luiz, Tierney, Ceballos, Xhaka, Willock, Pépé, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Watford XI: Foster, Kiko Femenía, Kabasele, Dawson, Masina, Doucouré, Hughes, Sarr, Pereyra, Welbeck, Deeney.

Burnley XI: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Tarkowski, Pieters, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Wood, Rodriguez.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Lamptey, Bissouma, Stephens, March, Mac Allister, Connolly, Maupay.

Chelsea XI: Caballero, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Zouma, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount, Giroud, Pulisic.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Doherty, Boly, Coady, Saiss, Jonny, Neves, Dendoncker, Neto, Jota, Jimenez.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Kouyaté, Dann, J Ward; Schlupp, McCarthy, McArthur, Townsend; Zaha, Ayew.

Spurs XI: Lloris; B Davies, Dier, Alderweireld, Aurier; Winks, Sissoko; Son, Lo Celso, Moura; Kane.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Branthwaite, Digne, Gomes, Davies, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Kean.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Smith, S Cook, Kelly, Rico, Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, King, C Wilson, Solanke.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Morgan, Evans, Albrighton, Choudhury, Ndidi, Tielemans, Thomas, Iheanacho, Vardy.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams, Matic, Pogba, Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Garcia, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, D Silva, Foden, Jesus, Sterling.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Zimmermann, Godfrey, Lewis, McLean, Cantwell, Rupp, Stiepermann, Hernández, Pukki.

Newcastle XI: Dúbravka; Ritchie, Rose, Fernandez, Manquillo; Bentaleb, Shelvey; Saint-Maximin, Almirón, Lazaro; Gayle.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Gomez, N Williams; Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita; Origi, Minamino, Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, J Stephens, Vestergaard, Walker-Peters; Redmond, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Ings, Adams.

Sheff Utd XI: D Henderson, Robinson, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Berge, Lundstram, Baldock; McBurnie, Sharp.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; B Johnson, Ogbonna, Diop, Fredericks; Rice, Soucek; Fornals, Noble, Bowen; Antonio.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Targett, Mings, Konsa, Guilbert; Hourihane, D Luiz, McGinn; Grealish, Samatta, Trézéguet.

4,606 Comments Post a Comment
  1. AlCapwnUK
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    We all trippling up on LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS next year?

    1. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      the return of Bamford

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

      Nope. Sticking to the big boys - Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea. With perhaps West Ham (e.g. Soucek) and Arsenal (e.g. Tierney).

      1. AlCapwnUK
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Tierney looks like a good pick

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Alioski is in for me

    3. Pies Have Come
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nah..

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

    Hope mahrez comes on 2nd half for foden.
    Dilva was designed to assists, his goals are extra

  3. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Started the day 38 points behind my minileague leader.

    Currently I'm "Something went wrong :-("

  4. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    My rival has 63 points already wtf, thought I had it in the bag

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

      just how, ridiculous

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

      What? How?

    3. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Aubameyang VVD and Kane (tc) mainly. I’m just grateful he benched Lundstram

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

    Just hope Salah comes on from the start of the second half 😐

  6. CC22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    TAA to Tierney & Rashford to Kane for -4! Result.

    Giving Mahrez the armband as one final punt...not quite so much!

  7. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Auba is delivering, shame I did not captain him over Raz... 🙁

    1. Buck The Trent
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Same .. Raz c, Auba vc here

    2. Yome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Me too, at least we have him

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

    Told myself I'd never bring in Sterling again after the GW36 FH.

    Here we are again. Sterling (C).

    FUUUUU

  9. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Rival has cut my 30pt lead already. Flipping Auba

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Same, Kane and Auba vs Ings and Vardy...

  10. Los Blancos
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    What an absolute sh*te of a half. Burnley cc gone. Sterling nowhere to be found. Sick.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Sterling will score

      1. Los Blancos
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        He better mate. Took kdb out to get him.

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

        He is looking extremely dangerous on the ball tbf

  11. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    10 points so far, anybody worse ?

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah 10 (-4)

    2. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      14 (-4)

  12. JURGENAUT
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lost my ML already
    Rival had Aubameyang (c), lundstram, walker and VVD

    Over to next season I guess

  13. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Selling KDB for Sterling hurting right now

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yep - we're all hurting. Plenty more scope for hurt in the second half with Buno ->Dilva

  14. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    If Villa concede they are down right?

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      if bournemouth win yeah

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Need to lose and B'mouth win.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Bournemouth are winning

  15. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    As if Sterling hasn’t done anything yet. Such a joke 🙁

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

    so the only transfer i make was Hendo to pope, spiffing stuff, so so glad it all ends today, absolute rubbish game and season.

  17. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Chance one of Salah or TAA stays on the bench?

  18. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    6 points between 1st and 2nd in live points. 2nd has KDB(c) vs 1st with Kane(c)

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

      Both great captains

    2. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      feeling bad for chris....

    3. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      3 has Auba

  19. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bottled an 80 point mini league lead 🙁

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

      You've not been caught yet surely?

  20. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Had KdB virtually all season, he's burnt me!!!

  21. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    How many mins before Mahrez comes on for Sterling?

  22. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    My entire season has come down to my Sterling (C) vs rivals Dilva (C)

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

    If City get a pen, do you reckon they'll let Silva take it?

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      good chance yeah

    2. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      yep

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      yeah

  24. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    30pt lead down to 10. Going to be a tortuous second half! GET SALAH, TAA And MAHREZ ON

  25. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Mahrez on for Foden to help DSilva score? Yes pls

  26. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Man U are ass

  27. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    On Bluemoon posters were saying City would be 5 goals up after 25 minutes or so 😀

  28. Pies Have Come
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Vardy - Auba looking decent right now.

    Shame about TAA and Sterling captain.

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

      why would it not look decent?

      1. Pies Have Come
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I don't see where I said it wasn't? It was a decision I made a few days ago and paying off so far.

        As far the rest of them....

  29. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Triple united punishing me big time

  30. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Post the restart. I’ve made transfers based on statistics / form etc.

    People I’ve transferred out have now returned 156 points... Net loss of 96 points. Couldn’t write how tragic this has been