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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. George James
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    How does a draw get determined on a ML?

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      hits?

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      transfers

    3. All For One
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Least transfers the winner?

    4. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Whoever has made fewer transfers over the season

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

      least transfers i think?

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

      In the event of a tie between teams, the team who has made the least amount of transfers will be positioned higher. Any transfers made using a wildcard or free hit will not count towards total transfers made.

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

      Funniest team name

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

    63 all out. Not bad. ML won. See you all in a few weeks!

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

      Yeah, it should be open soon

    2. All For One
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nice one!

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

      Exact same pre bonus.

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

    Mahrez > Foden > Dilva

  4. Glad He Ate Her
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    6.3k after baps pre subs. GG

  5. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Ah well so be it , sigh but WD Villa

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

    Blankford 🙂 🙂 🙂

  7. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Incredibly, I think I win my ML by 1 measly point. Amazing end to the season.

    1. All For One
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol well done!

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

      Wow. BP will decide

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        My math was wrong 🙁

        I think I lose by 2 because Pieters got booked in the last minute lol.

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

          thought it was too soon.

    3. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      WD fella

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

    That performance sums up David Silva’s PL career. Overrated.

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

    No idea what a good score is today 🙂

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

      70

  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    dropped from 24 to 89 in OR omg. What a disaster!!!!!!!

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      top 100 still great

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

      I feel you. Dropped from 60 to 268. Awful

  11. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    so who won the whole thing ?

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

      liverpool

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

      That guy who gave the armband to KDB

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

    CL next year juhuuuuu. Bravo Lampard. KTBFFH

  13. Mr. Chimes
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    The best thing about this GW is that the pain of our mistakes all happen at once. Much better than being spread out across 3-4 days

  14. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Watford gone.

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

    So Mahrez got that assist after all lol.

  16. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lingz G

  17. dadoune30
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lingaard finally scores LOL

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

    Linggggaaaaaard

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

    Lingaaaaaaard

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

      Assist?

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

        Peter's son. 😀

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

    GW pretty much ruined by a wrong [C] DSilva ... summary of the season!

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

    JLingz seals it

    World class

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

    Hanging onto Vardy Rashford proves futile

  23. Red Devil Swede
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Ouch! That guy with the Lingard no goal scorer this season bet!!

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hahaha first thing I thought of

      1. Red Devil Swede
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Just ridiculous.

    2. Party time
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I saw that bet too. Damn!!!

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

      Lingard what a young lad!!!

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Bags of potential - could be a hell of a player in time

    4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lingard goal

      Apocalypse confirmed

    5. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wow

      bruno to son (-4) massive fail

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

      Lingard outscores Salah

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

      Lingaard essential

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

      Lingard XD

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

      Lingard in the 98th sums up this week and this season.

      Forget it, onto the next