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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. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Livefpl not working for everyone?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Not for me

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

      It does if you keeo refreshing

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

      I know the tech to open it and i am not going to tell 😀
      otherwise it will not open for me too (Sorry_

    4. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yep, been having problems since the games started - traffic

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

    LiveFPL post autosub ranks in.
    6,136

  3. tricpic
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like Alexander Antonov wins overall - TC on KDB in the last round.

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

      Wow

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

      wow

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

      just normal cap

    4. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      What a way to finish

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

      Not TC. Just C.

    6. Jolly Good
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      The scoutcast curse is over then

  4. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I am a proud Stanislas and King owner!

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wow

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

      woah nice one

    3. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      cheers

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

    Can’t even be arsed to look at my score. Glad the restart is over, gone backwards since then.

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

    Alonso was a decent choice after all 🙂

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

      2 baps as well 😀

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

      🙂

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

    8 man game next season then?

    Who in their right minds is picking an FPL team without TAA, KDB, Bruno

    1. 272MK
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      True. Sterling too.

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

      TAA is optional for me. If VVD is £1.5m cheaper I would get VVD.

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

        TAA just has too many ways to score

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

      I'll have Bruno but the amount of penalties really padded his stats. Will United keep getting so many next season?

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

      Depends on their price.

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

    Pythons out!!!

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

      Somethings wrong with my Python 🙁

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

        Everyone has the same flaccid limp python problem.

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

    Score check?

    83

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

      82

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

      Well done Beric.

      I could only manage a dismal 46 pre bps myself.

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

        cheers mate, unlucky man!

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

      83 + maybe 12 baps

    4. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      63 plus baps

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        74 probs

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Not the required 200

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

      81

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

      About 95 or so, cant get live rank working

    7. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      84

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

      70 assuming 1 bap for Bruno

    9. dansmusen
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      105

    10. G00LI0
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      On 79 at the moment pre baps. KDB TC bringing the load

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

    United are back in the big time. 🙂

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

      🙂

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

      They’re a Good transfer window away from a big step up

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

    Damn you KDB, a legend all year and i (c) you 3 times in a row and get 2 blanks then lose the faith and you punish me.

    See you next year and perma (c)

  12. Mighty Banana
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Live FPL has updated for me, won my ML by 1 points. Only need to hope Bonus Pint updates don't ruin me...

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

    I'm pretty sure I lost my mini league because of a Pieters yellow card in the last minute that swung 3 points. Amazing.

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

      Same! Unless kdb or sterling get an additional assist added late. What are the chances?

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

        Sterling assist would do it but I don't think it's gonna happen.

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

        Always next season Camzy

  14. evilfish
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Won £400 in my cash league but still feel like I've been kicked in the nuts. Ended GW37 ranked 10,175 and then I throw my chance of a top 10k finish by captaining Dilva. FML!

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

      Poor you, need a hug?

      1. evilfish
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yes, f**k social distancing.

  15. Yeboah Power XI
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Guys and girls. You win some you lose some! It’s been a blast! If things have ultimately gone against you, remember; it’s just a game. Next season will come around quick! Suck it up, move on. Look forward. Personally; if I’d made no transfers I’d have won two of my leagues. As it is I’ve won three and finished second in two. Onwards and upwards!

  16. OrmskirkFC
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like I'm finishing on 90 points and didn't change my team at all from GW37. I'll try to remember this lesson.

  17. beetlejuice
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Last minute Mahrez assist and Mane goal brought the victory in my ML. It was tense!

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

    I've finished in the top 10k once again 🙂 back where I belong

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Congrats

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

        Thanks

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

      Bravo. Happy days. Successful season. Juhuuuu

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

        Juhuuuuuu

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

      But you said you quit now so what will you start succeeding in next?

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

        I'm back , I'm not going anywhere

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

          So it was just attention seeking rant?

  19. Ashleyajolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    If Sterling (tc) gets a 1pt bonus I think I will win my league. I am ahead by 2pts prior to bonus points.

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

      you can check live ranks in livefpl

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

      no chance

  20. iL PiStOlErO
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    That Lingard goal for the end sums up my season pretty much.

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

      Success despite all expectations?

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

    Anyone knows Top 10K average?

    Eager to see whether I made top 5K and won my main mini league

  22. Sgt. Schultz
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    No more Michael Owen Commentary Jeez!!

  23. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Won my ML by 7pts. Fiuh. That Bruno G Martial A was scary

  24. That Was Easy!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1000863/event/47

    Have you guys ever seen a worse fantasy week? KDB + Bruno our, Antonio (C), -16. Transfers netted me -50 points. Laughing

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

      Why you sold KDB?

      1. That Was Easy!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Chased a giant ML gap, him failing was the only way to get it.

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

      Very unlucky

    3. POLSKA GOLA
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I would like to post a screenshot off your team on Twitter @FPLtickle if you don’t mind, I’ve created it to collect most epic fails, it’s supposed to be therapeutic

      1. That Was Easy!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah for sure! How do I get it to you?

        1. POLSKA GOLA
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Cheers, I’ve got it already, your team is linked 🙂

      2. That Was Easy!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I also TC’d mane in GW24

        1. POLSKA GOLA
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I’ve had Mane TC as well lol

  25. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    no FH

    84 (-4)

    hoping for a good green arrow..

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

    Blew a 30pt lead and lost by 1 point if the BAPS stay

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

      Gutted for you

      Did you change based on team news

  27. Halftime Lemon
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Terrible FH . Think I won my ML by 4pts tho. Rattled

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

    Nervous wait on bonus

  29. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Fpl live and Fff dead.

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

    Top 10K gang, where you at?

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

      Here