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Arsenal without three key players as Pogba returns to wide role for Man United

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Arsenal are short of key personnel as they host Manchester United in Gameweek 21.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.3m) misses a second Premier League match in a row as he deals with an ongoing personal issue but the premium midfielder is not the only absentee.

Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) was to be assessed for the calf injury that kept him sidelined for the Southampton game ahead of Gameweek 21 and he misses out third time in Arsenal’s last four league matches.

That means a third successive start at left-back for Cédric Soares (£4.6m) while Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.6m) remains a substitute amid rumours of a departure during the January transfer window.

Bukayo Saka (£5.4m) might have been viewed as an alternative on the left-hand side of defence but he is the third big name missing from Arsenal’s latest team-sheet, left out with a sore hip.

With Saka and Aubameyang missing, Mikel Arteta turns to Nicolas Pépé (£7.6m) and Gabriel Martinelli (£4.9m) to staff the flanks of attacking midfield either side of Emile Smith Rowe (£4.5m), whose recovery from a muscle injury is even more welcome than usual in light of Arsenal’s latest injury news.

Thomas Partey (£4.9m) has also shrugged off his yellow flag for a knock and features in defensive midfield alongside Granit Xhaka (£5.2m).

Following the shock defeat to Sheffield United, Paul Pogba (£7.7m) returns to a wider role for Manchester United.

The Frenchman features on the left-hand side of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s front-three with Bruno Fernandes (£11.4m) in the middle and Marcus Rashford (£9.6m) on the right.

They sit behind Edinson Cavani (£7.9m) who earns a deserved recall up-front at the expense of Anthony Martial (£8.8m)

With Pogba higher up the pitch, Scott McTominay (£4.9m) and Fred (£5.3m) anchor the midfield while Luke Shaw (£4.8m) returns at left-back.

Arsenal v Manchester United line-ups

Arsenal XI: Leno; Cédric, Holding, D Luiz, Bellerín; Xhaka, Partey; Martinelli, Smith Rowe, Pépé; Lacazette.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; McTominay, Fred; Pogba, B Fernandes, Rashford; Cavani.

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  1. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bruno tackled then hit someone? Bruno red?

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    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      no chance. If that's a red xhaka wouldn't be on the pitch

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

        Love the glasses work so well

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      2. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I'm not watching the game, so I'm asking what happened.

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    2. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nah

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

    Rashford is an incredibly annoying player to own

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    1. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He's too busy being Prime Minister. Needs to get his priorities right

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      1. Lets jump straight into it.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        If the prime minister was being prime minister, he wouldn't have to.

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    2. Magic Zico
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      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      The last week in my team he is ...

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

        Yeah quite possibly same

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    3. CABAYE4
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Seems to love being miles offside lately.

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  3. Wicked Weapon
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No shows : Cancelo, Stones, Saka

    Bench : Coufal, Justin, Bamford

    Gundo(C) Bruno(VC)

    I'll be happy with anything near about 40 points.

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

      Excellent bench stepping in though

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    2. Weasel Boy
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Same

      Gundo (c) fail also.

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

      I'd be happy with 30 points.

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    4. Tambling5
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      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      With stones Cancelo and Sterling C, Digne and DCL vc, and One sub Mitchell, my target is 25-30.

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

    Annoying when strikers take 'sighters', speculative shots from miles out at the beginning of the get. Should have practiced during the week, mate, this is the real thing. Choose the best option and pop it to Martinelli in space, you twonk wonker.

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Or tease the keeper by pretending until they are completely rattled

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

    Is it time to give up on double city def with rottation more likely now for any of them appart from Dias??

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

      Dias will have his time too

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      1. CABAYE4
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        18/18 starts so far.

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

      I literally just got double city def

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

      Dias Ederson are the only 2 nailed

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      1. Tambling5
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Could easily be Stones and Laporte next week.

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

          Laporte looked rubbish no forward runs unlike Stones, he also missed 2 headers

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    4. Baines on Toast...
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      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I’ve had Dias and Cancelo For awhile and I think this is the way to go.

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      1. toerag
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Dias is only one nailed tho

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

        I have had them both for 5 gws now but i dont know if i should lose 1 for Taa now hes back in form & Liv
        Or should you still keep them both if you have 2 back up def on the bench?

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

        i caped cancelo!! 😆

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  6. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How have people got that lucky with Sterling captain?

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

      If they had Wilson as VC?

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

      Most have Salah vice I think?

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    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      One good thing about Sterling is when he’s benched he very rarely comes on

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

        You saw what happened in GW18.

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  7. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    FREDDDDD skims the post

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    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      saved*

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

    Nice one, Leno!

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  9. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bruno has not been performing for a while, sloppy

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  10. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Partey picks out Pepe perfectly, poor pass by Pepe ( repeat quickly)

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    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good alliteration.

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    2. Tambling5
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Do you need a pee?

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      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yes, I will have a P please Bob

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

    One rule for United ; everyone else ..

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    1. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Zzzzzzzz

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

    Tommy got the runs.

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

    Constantly making wrong decisions week in/week out?
    Wilson>DCL with FT
    Gundo (C) Son VC
    Benched bamford, played Rash
    Obviously don't know 3 will pan out

    but on paper all decision above seemed logical but itss just not working for this year & stuck at 1mil
    Know its only a game but would be nice to something right@

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  14. Alex_thekid
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I got lucky with Cancelo(c) &
    Son (vc) Targett sou first on the bench Soucek & Coufal 2nd & 3rd.

    Would you do Bamford & Soucek to
    Mane & 4.5 fodder have Gundo 5th mid. Antonio & Watkins up front so i dont have to bench him or a striker every gw??
    Son Salah Bruno Gundo other mids
    I dont want a benching headache every gw

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    1. toerag
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      soucek has ful and shu next 2

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

      mane bha and city

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  15. Plagued by indecision
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Well I rose by 900,000 places in the past two game weeks.

    Cancelo, Stones, Saka benched. Gundogan captain fail. DCL transfer fail.

    Back down to Earth.

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    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Welcome to the club mate

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

      Kind of same here

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    3. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      This

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    4. toerag
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      9 pts up to now. magic 😆

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  16. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Saka, DCL, Digne, Mitchell, Sterling (C), Cancelo and Stones owner.

    Swallows own vomit.

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

      I thought Cancelo, Stones and Mitchell was bad. That’s tufff

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    2. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Better than swallowing someone else's.

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

      Similar here

      Saka, DCL, Richarlison, Mitchell, Gundo (C), Cancelo and Stones

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

        Also Tierney 🙁

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    4. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      D'oh!

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    5. Tambling5
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm the same except, DCL (vc), but not got Saka. Hoping that 25 points may be scrambled somehow.

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

    Gary Neville wants some Immodium

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

      If he pops it in his bottom, will he stop talking?

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

        😀

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

      Needs some vocal Immodium.

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  18. toerag
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    F@(%ING PEP

    SMH 🙄 😆

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  19. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pepe buys a free kick

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

      LOL ; just stop

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  20. Esalman
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Only positive so far this GW is the Brewster 2 pointer.

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

      How I long for Brewster 2-pters. Biggest regret, selling him

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

      That´s a haul this gw.

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

      This is one of those GWs where every penny counts.

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  21. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bruno getting any chances so far?

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

      Yeah. Chances of him being told to bugger off by Lindelof.

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

      Chance of being sent off

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

      Slow game

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    4. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      possibly the closest chance of the game just now.

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  22. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    League leader captained Grealish.

    He knew something wrong was gonna happen at City. What even?

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

      Same last week mine captained gundo whilst almost everyone else bruno! Some people are getting all the decisions rights

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  23. Uncle Gamst
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    You know when you have been Pepped!

    Cancelo, Stones & Gundo (C) = 6 points

    Mitchell (0) & Coufal (LIV) waiting on the bench

    Kane & Bissouma > DCL & Salah -4

    My cup match hangs by a thread, but at least I played Wilson

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    1. TKC07
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Raz (C), Cancelo (VC), stones, Mitchell, Saka.

      Kane to DCL (-4)

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      1. Uncle Gamst
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Ouch

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

      😆 😆 😆 ahh well... this fekcing game

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  24. Magic Zico
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    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    ESR is good

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

      So is MRI

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      1. toerag
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        REM not bad

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

          BDSM anyone?

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

    I wonder if Pepe's going to come onto his l-

    Goalkick

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

    Wanmiss

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  27. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Did Raphinha to Sterling this GW.

    Feeling like I betrayed Raphinha after his haul. Won't feel bad if he hauls again this GW. I deserve that. How ungrateful am I.

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    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes you do

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  28. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thoughts on Ruben Dias perma Captain??

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    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I feel this should be a hot topic also

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

      12-18 recently would soon add up

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

      Count me in

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

    Bruno close

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

      David Luiz turned inside out there lol

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  30. dark91
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bruno wastes Pogba assist

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