Dugout Discussion

Jota joins Salah, Mané and Firmino in Liverpool front four for Newcastle clash

Diogo Jota (£7.1m) is fine after all, afforded a third successive Premier League start.

Crucially, his latest appearance has not come at the expense of Liverpool’s headline attackers.

Mohamed Salah (£12.6m), Sadio Mané (£11.7m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.0m) all feature as Newcastle come to Anfield.

It is the first time the quartet have shared the pitch together since the second half of the Gameweek 30 win over Arsenal and just the third time all season they have featured together from the beginning.

The last two times were the Gameweek 8 draw with Manchester City, two matches after a Gameweek 6 win against Sheffield United. Across those matches, Firmino, Jota and Salah got the goals for Liverpool.

“There’s a moment where we can do that (start all four of Jota, Salah, Mané and Firmino). All the boys are fit and in a good shape so we have to give it a proper try.” – Jurgen Klopp

Thiago Alcantara (£5.5m) and Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.3m) provide support as a two-man central midfield while Fabinho (£5.4m) remains at centre-back in the absence of Nathaniel Phillips (£4.1m).

Ozan Kabak (£5.0m) makes his fifth-straight Premier League start while Andrew Robertson (£7.1m) and the in-form Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) retain their full-back berths.

Steve Bruce is still urging caution with Callum Wilson (£6.5m) following his recent hamstring injury.

The centre-forward has featured as a substitute in each of his last two Premier League outings and is on the bench for a third match in a row today.

That sees Joelinton (£5.7m) lead the Newcastle line supported by Miguel Almirón (£5.6m) and Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.1m) who has produced 18 points across his last two appearances.

Blank Gameweek 33 Line-ups

Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Robertson, Kabak, Fabinho, Alexander-Arnold; Thiago, Wijnaldum; Mané, Firmino, Salah; Jota.

Newcastle United XI (3-4-2-1): Dúbravka; Dummett, Clark, Fernández; Ritchie, S Longstaff, Shelvey, Murphy; Almirón, Saint-Maximin; Joelinton.

Elsewhere in Blank Gameweek 33

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1,030 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 hours ago

    This could have been 8-0

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

    C’mon Trent, end it!

  3. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 hours ago

    Lol

  4. Party time
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Trent on 2 baps

      1. Ruinenlust
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        No

    • Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      HOW has Salah missed that? Jesus he’s bad!!!

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Wonder what a comfortable 2-0 win feels like...

    • evilfish
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Mané is not his usual self. I've seen him pass to Salah on several occasions!

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Trent close

    • Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Oooooooft Trent close ...

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      😮

    • Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Curtis Jones on ... Thiago off

    • Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Thiago off, good some goals may actually happen now

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Salah 0 BAPs soon.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        The usual then, as expected

    • Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Could have been a monster score. These are the worst type of FPL games

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Wait till Newcastle score...

    • Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Who would have thought, after that start, that the score would still be the same after 77 minutes?

    • pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Fab 2 next time?

    • Ruinenlust
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      BAP system is stupid. Salah should be on 3

      1. FPL_Motty
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        It really is. If its a world class save he would lose baps. The sky system is better, bonus for shots on target, thats clearly a star strikers aim for as well.

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        It’s always been flawed. A joke really

      3. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        2 massive misses...

      4. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Why?

        Wasteful as ever. And the game would be way poorer if the goal scorers automatically got double rewarded. Might as well just add 2 points for goals.

    • Jebiga
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      This season Foden is better player than Salah by mile

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        If Foden was guaranteed mins, we'd be on him like a pitbull on a labradoodle

    • Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Greedy Mane ... again.

    • HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Mane couldn't finish to empty net

    • FPL_Motty
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Honestly Liverpool deserve to concede on this performance. Feel like they're not taking it seriously, Newcastle would deserve a last min equaliser

      1. HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        It's coming...

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        They really are shocking

      3. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Newcastle don’t deserve a goal but Liverpool deserve to concede one, if you get me...

    • OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Dubravka with 6 saves this is crazy.

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Give me my Trent goal

    • fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      I've bet on both Newcastle to score a goal and Salah to score another. So I'm firmly getting out from behind the sofa now, not that bothered if I win money but lose out in FPL points.

    • Bank$y
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Dubravka MOTM performance of the season here. I tip my hat to anyone who captained him... there must be one.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Nobody has

        1. Bank$y
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 7 hours ago

          FPL confirmed? That's surprising. I thought maybe at least one of those 'one week' cheat teams would have him.

      2. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        All away keepers perform at Anfield

    • fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      3 - Robertson (35)
      2 - Dubravka (27)
      1 - Alexander-Arnold, Alisson (25)

      Salah (24)
      Kabak (23)
      Fabinho (18)

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Yep, figures

      2. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Salah allergic to BAPS

    • HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Jota has been a terrible player for me this season - played 3 times, 4 points in total - benched twice for 3 points total

      1. HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        Das Echte trap it is

    • Saka Rice
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      How did Jota play?

      A) Bad
      B) Terrible
      C) Unlucky
      D) Oh I didn't notice he played

      1. OLD Rafiki
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        who is Jota?

      2. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 hours ago

        B with plenty of chances

    • REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      can sense a Wilson equalizer incoming

    • JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 hours ago

      Salah and Trent booted out of the baps ffs.