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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.

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  1. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Need Palace and Leicester goals to win ML

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

      Palace goal would be good to ruin Aurier CS.

  2. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    18-point ML lead now became 0. Rival got lundstram giroud pieters. Thomas and Williams CS to come hahahaha

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

      Ouch

  3. A Moon Shaped Pool
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Swansong

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

    Having 3 attackers in LEI MUN has been rubbish so far then

  5. Only a Hazard of time
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Less than an hour until the nightmare is over. No clean sheets, only attacking return is KdB, Salah benched.

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

      Same exact thing here

  6. Says
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    The contrast of Michah Richards and Roy is great

    1. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Think Roy likes him

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

        Roy can’t stand him after their time at Villa

        1. Jack Burton
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          He gone soft in old age

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

    My players got me more points during the HT, than in the first half......

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

      😛 only 45 minutes of torture left...

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

        End the season now.... 😆

  8. Alexis Nonsense
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    De Bruyne --> Sterling FAIL

    Fernandes --> Salah (-4) FAIL

    Only thing that can save me now is a Wolves clean sheet :I

    1. Alexis Nonsense
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Oh just saw 2-0

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

        Haha

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

      oh wait.......

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

      turns out selling salah was quite a good idea this week

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

      Ermm, about that Wolves clean sheet..

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

      You do realise that Chelsea scored twice already, right?

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

    Any chance of TAA cameo today ?

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

      Very good.

      1. Orion
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        That’s good for me... I was playing BB chip

  10. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Benched Wood ffs. Mahrez or Salah staying on bench?

    Never thought I would ask for Mo Salah to stay on the bench in FPL

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

    How’s everyone then?

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

      pretty good, shame about burnley

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

        Typical FPL!

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

      Gutted about my Wood to Ings last minute but other than that not bad

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

      Pissed off for ignoring Auba ...

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

        i snuck him in after the salah news!

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

          I got Martial Pulisc in from his money ..
          Sighhh

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

      Awful

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

      Furious!!!!!!

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

      Nervy!

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

      spewing...

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

      Decent

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

      Loving it ... not point wise

    10. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Ok overall, Kane (C) and KDB goals, and Pieters assist, just need some Man Utd/Leics goals now.

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

      Looks like Im losing the only live ML because of Auba and Kane but its all good fun.

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

      Absolutely loving it - nothing is going to plan FPLwise but the relegation tussle is mental!

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

    need mad amount of goals in lei-united game in the second half.... GW hattie,Martial,Brace.all assisted by bruno and vardy double hattie to save my Season...

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yes please. Or just 1 goal from any of those would be nice

  13. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    1st half has been a complete disaster

    Hope it’s a game of 2 halves

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

      Seriously man

    2. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      +27,008

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

    Vardy sweating on his golden boot?
    Leicester sweating on CL qualification?
    Bournemouth and Watford sweating on relegation?

  15. SouthCoastSaint
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Chris Wood doing very nicely!

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

    Anyone watching Man U v Leicester?

    Would love for Leicester to steal it

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

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

    Anyone worse?

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

      On FH and only with 8 players. 30pt lead down to 10. Going to be a hard second half

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

      OMG

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

      Was 23 ahead, now 6 behind...

      Kane, Auba, Pieters

  18. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Why is fpl live not working? Joke

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

      Harsh. It is free.

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

      Works for me 😉

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

      It’s a free service

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

      Refresh it enough times and you'll get in.

    5. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Overloaded

    6. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Try now

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

      F5

    8. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Go to fplgameweek

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

      Go to sleep

    10. Ragabolly
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      In a normal day, it would be working smoothly by now.. FPL servers are very slow today and it's slowing every LiveFPL process, and the high traffic doesn't help..

  19. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Need CHE and SHU CS wiped.

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

      need a saints win for my acca!

    2. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yes but with no Ings involvement

  20. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Brought KDB in get in! Finally

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

    Horrendous

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

    Was 38 points behind my minileague leader an hour ago. 9 points behind him now, and 12 behind the new minileague leader. Come on!

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

    Ings better wipe out the Sheffield cleanie.

  24. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Come on Son and Mahrez !!! Goals in 2nd half pleasee

  25. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Leicester will have to go for it...

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

      Those Chelsea goals going in before HT was absolutely crucial, totally changes the dynamic.

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

      Give me goals.
      (and United to lose it at the death.)

  26. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    How is Sterling looking,any chances?

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

      Same question

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

      Unselfishly squared for Silva earlier on but defence blocked well. Norwich haven't done that badly but City have been profligate

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

      A few. Its ping-pong everyone in the box though.

    4. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks

  27. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    If you're having a bad week
    Magnus Carlsen currently on 11 with-4 to come
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1908330/event/47

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

      It's only half time

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

        Those captaincy and vice choices though (in retrospect) - ouch

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

    Need Dilva Vardy Rashford goals, and Mahrez / Mane brought on for some returns. Not been a good half

  29. InSaneMan-e
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Moment of silence for my ML rival 15 points ahead who has captained Salah and vice captained Mahrez.

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

      Who‘d you captain?

  30. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Realistic hopes for the 2nd half?

    Sterling HAUL
    vvd yellow card
    N.Williams goal involvement
    Wood another goal
    Tony goal
    Norwich goal (lol)
    Palace goal (lol)

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

      Sterling hattrick
      Mahrez 3 assists
      VVD another goal
      TAA assist for VVD
      Wood hattrick
      Tony goal
      Lei 2 goals from morgan & ndidi

      1. Sasquatch Slayer
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I’ll have 1 and 6 please