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Salah and Firmino benched as Taylor returns for Burnley at Liverpool

The Double Gameweek 19 benching spree continues at Anfield as Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) misses out on Liverpool’s starting XI.

The Egyptian is currently on a run of four blanks since his 16-point haul against Crystal Palace.

However, it must be said that his massive score at Selhurst Park came in the last Premier League match that he was benched for.

Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) finds himself among the substitutes for Liverpool too as Jurgen Klopp opts for a front-three of Sadio Mané (£11.9m), Divock Origi (£5.2m) and Xherdan Shaqiri (£6.4m).

Jordan Henderson (£5.4m) is missing but the Reds are boosted by the return of Joel Matip (£5.4m) at centre-back.

He starts alongside Fabinho (£5.4m) with Andrew Robertson (£7.4m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.3m) fixed in their usual stations among the back-four.

The big news for Burnley is the comeback from injury for Charlie Taylor (£4.5m) who has been absent since sustaining a muscle problem against Sheffield United in Gameweek 16.

Dwight McNeil (£5.7m) and Robbie Brady (£5.0m) provide the width either side of Chris Wood (£6.2m) and Ashley Barnes (£6.0m) tonight.

Liverpool v Burnley Line-ups

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, Matip, Fabinho, Alexander-Arnold; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wijnaldum, Thiago; Mané, Origi, Shaqiri.

Burnley XI (4-4-2): Pope; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; Brady, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Wood, A Barnes.

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1,889 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Podge
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Origi doing Salah owners a favour

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Trent close

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      lol

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      close to orbit

  3. MikeS
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Firminho and salah on for origi and ox is needed desperately

  4. Rash
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Trent close!!!

    1. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Haha to the aliens.

  5. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What price is Trent any more than 4m is theft

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      🙁

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

      Many complained and begged FPL to raise his price higher than 7.5 when prices were released

    3. aleksaa2
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Even 4 is a theft, when you have Mitchell at 3.9

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

      He’ll be back. I think his output has been inadvertently affected by no VVD

      1. FFSbet.com
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        This,with VVD they play higher defensive line and both full back high.

  6. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    They need Salah to break that bus

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

    Origi was unlucky, TAA was crap. You lot are so biased

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Or they are joking

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

        No, it’s Origi is crap, Trent close

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yes, Reiner has a history of being deadly serious, you're right.

    2. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Origi poor - wasn't unlucky just poor finishing. TAA was awful though as he has been since his return - even Carra eunning out of excuses for him

  8. Evil Greg
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    MEGA TRENT

  9. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Run Klopp, run away from your awful team selection.

  10. Camino Aleatorio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What's happened to Mane?

    His attitude has changed so much this year?

    Does Vertonghen play at Liverpool? Seems like somebody has violated someone personal space. Like Vertonghen vs Erikson, Courtois vs DeBruyne.

  11. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Klopp vs Dyche

    1. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      My money on Dyche, lol. Bigger than most bouncers.

  12. Make Arrows Green Again
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ok great work Klopp. Salah time?

  13. davies
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What would you do?

    A) Sell KDB for -4

    B) Play Mitchell (WHU)

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

      Depends on who you get & how many GWs KDB would be out.

      1. Igz08
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Kdb out for at least 3 gws

      2. Evil Greg
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Always good advice from this fabulous Aussie man, the brilliant Torres Magic.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Read B) as "Play Michu"

      Miss those days when FPL was moderately fun

    3. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      if he is out for as long as expected, not really worth holding.

  14. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Flopp and Loserpool absolute meltdown

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Are you 12?

      1. ilikewud
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Some days I can put up with him and others I'm just like meh dumb comment.

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ox, Shaqiri & Origi are not pulling their weight

  15. GreennRed
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Dyche knocked Klopp out.

  16. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sean Douche

  17. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Matip’s deep in the baps

  18. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    All kicking off right at the whistle... tension!

  19. Igz08
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KdB out.

    A) Maddison
    B) Gundogan
    C) got one this week, the other next week

    Gundogan seems like the easy option. However, my ML rival (28 points behind me) has Maddison, so should I play it safe and bring Madders in instead?

    Or do I just get both over two weeks? Would mean I only have Bruno and Son for my premium mids and 4.5 itb

  20. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Just get off the pitch lads

  21. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    More action after the whistle than the first 45m

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Missed it. What happened?

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Handbags

  22. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    My god BUR are awful to watch if you dont own a def or pope.

  23. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    now if only Liverpool had a 100 goal Egyptian striker they could bring on to help

    1. Lord.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      ... who isn’t cursed.

  24. Vlekz
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I will WC in gw 25, best kdb replacement

      A)son(hard fixtures)

      B)rashford(3 home fixtures out of 5, he does nothing in them)

      i have no kane and bruno if that matters

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        of those 2 Son

        although I prefer Kane overall if you can restructure

        1. Vlekz
            3 years, 2 months ago

            planning on getting vardy for laca, so wont be possible. i can get kane+maddison

        2. tbos83
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Get Bruno

          1. Vlekz
              3 years, 2 months ago

              have him

          2. Shatner's Bassoon
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Same. Might downgrade to Grealish and invest upfront, Vardy or Kane

            1. Vlekz
                3 years, 2 months ago

                have grealish, getting vardy for laca and dias for dier with the change

          3. Warby84
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Handbags!! Woops you can’t say that anymore...

            1. Ruth_NZ
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Bumbags?

          4. Bushwhacker
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Burnley utter scum.

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Bit strong

              1. Bushwhacker
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Barnes should've been sent off for his assault on Thiago earlier ; now just trying to get others sent off.

                1. George Sillett
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  And Fabinho was completely innocent ?

            2. George Sillett
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              No they're not. They play to their strengths which are limited by their resources.

              1. Nightcrawler
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                They played this way vs 9 men notwich last season

                1. George Sillett
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  As I said.

              2. Bushwhacker
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Not talking about how they play. Off the ball nonsense.

                1. George Sillett
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  You are just seeing what you want to see to endorse your point. They are no different to the majority of teams.

          5. Evil Greg
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            The chat has now turned to frustration. I'm fighting against TC salah guys in my ML so currently a happy bunny. Sorry if you're not happy with what's going on, but please be respectful, have a laugh and enjoy it in any way you can.

            1. Whazza
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              You sound like a mod

              1. Evil Greg
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Just a positive bloke, I do love random comments though from people

          6. Collie01
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Predict the minute Salah comes on.

            I'm guessing 58.

            1. Duke Silver ☑
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              46

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

              78th

            3. Nightcrawler
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              55

            4. ilikewud
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I would have taken Origi off immediately after he missed that 1v1 and put Salah or Bobby on. I'd say he comes in either at half time or 60 mins.

              1. George Sillett
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                And that's why you're not s manager.

            5. Nimby
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              46.

            6. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              62

            7. MikeS
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              60

            8. TRIPOS TOPPER
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              59 so Origi joins the FPL general club

            9. Rash
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              5pm Sunday

            10. OptimusBlack
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              46

            11. tambourineman
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              66

            12. Shatner's Bassoon
              • 13 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              64

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

            Feel very lucky as a non Salah owner this week, but fully aware of the damage he could cause if he comes on

            1. Joey Tribbiani
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              same

            2. MikeS
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Was like me as a non kdb owner, fortunately he didn't deliver

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

                Auba was the premium to have!

          8. Free Hat
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            And not saying Liv is playing well those gws, but they have come up with many park the bus teams lately.