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Iheanacho benched as Man City make mixed start to Brighton clash

Kelechi Iheancho (£6.2m) is on the bench for Leicester as they visit Chelsea on Tuesday evening.

It is the first time he has missed out on a Premier League starting line-up since Gameweek 25, Ayoze Pérez (£6.0m) his replacement tonight.

Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) keeps his place in the side while James Maddison (£7.2m) returns after featuring from the bench against Manchester United.

Chelsea are in 3-4-3 as per usual, with Christian Pulisic (£8.3m) and Mason Mount (£7.3m) either side of Timo Werner (£9.2m).

Elsewhere, there was a mixed start to Manchester City’s trip to Brighton.

Ferran Torres (£7.0m) earned a fourth successive start but it lasted no more than 15 minutes after João Cancelo (£5.8m) earned an early red card.

Torres was being used as a number nine, in the middle of Phil Foden (£6.1m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) after Pep Guardiola had praised his credentials for that role earlier this week.

Foden and Mahrez are making their first appearances since Gameweek 35 and 32 respectively with Raheem Sterling (£11.0m), Sergio Aguero (£10.3m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) deemed “not fully fit” according to the club website.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) returns from his recent muscle injury on the bench, where he is joined by Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m).

Goalscorer Ilkay Gündogan (£5.6m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) are either side of Rodrigo (£5.3m) in midfield while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m), Ruben Dias (£6.0m) and John Stones (£5.1m) are in the back four which now features Eric Garcia (£4.7m) on for Torres.

Leandro Trossard (£5.5m) was on the Brighton bench tonight with Alexis Mac Allister (£5.3m) and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.4m) selected to support Danny Welbeck (£5.5m) in attack.

However, the Belgian international came on 30 minutes into the encounter following a thigh injury for Welbeck.

Gameweek 37 Line-ups

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: R Sánchez; Burn, Webster, White; Moder, Bissouma, Alzate, Groß; Mac Allister, Jahanbakhsh; Welbeck.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Gündogan, Rodrigo, B Silva; Foden, Torres, Mahrez.

Chelsea XI: E Mendy; Rüdiger, T Silva, Azpilicueta; Chilwell, Jorginho, Kanté, R James; Pulisic, Werner, Mount.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Söyüncü, Fofana, Castagne; Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Albrighton; Maddison; Pérez, Vardy.

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Werner hiding by the touch line so he doesn’t have to take the pen

  2. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Penalty Chelsea

  3. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Got to be a pen

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      It is.

  4. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    CHE penalty

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Timo "VAR" Werner

  6. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Jorginho g Timo a

  7. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Weird question, but who scores more for the final week? Allison or Mane

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Mane.

  8. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Never a penalty

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

      Trip. Inside the box. Penalty.

      1. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Hardly a trip, Werner could have stayed up but decided to go down. The contact wasn't enough to make him fall

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Should have been our 2nd penalty really.

      1. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        You're the better team and probably deserve your lead but for me that's not a pen

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    More goals now Chelsea, MORE!

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Thiiiis

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

      Thiiiiiiis

  10. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Playing Jorginho instead of Bruno worked out well so far.

  11. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    YESSSSSSSS

  12. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Foxes sweating now.

  13. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Really hope Chelsea don’t get top 4 and lose 5-0 in the ucl final

    1. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Really hope you never comment again

  14. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Very weak pen

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I think that was one of the best penalties of the season. Cool as you like, saw the goalie move and just passed it into the other corner.

      1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        But haters will not accept

  15. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Leicester gling to bottle top 4 2nd year in a row

    Ultimate chokers

  16. Utopsis
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Cool. As. You. Like.

  17. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Just need one of TAA, Creswell, Lingard, Antonio, Bale or Kane to have a day off this week.

  18. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I almost benched Rudiger for Greenwood

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      We need to post our good calls more often. Maybe we focus to much on bad ones.

      I am guilty for that kind of behavior as well

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        I get called lucky when I do that

  19. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I am being cursed by the fantasy football gods:
    Bamford 12pts
    Dallas 5 pts
    Rudiger 10pts + possible clean sheet
    All on my bench...would have won all my mini leagues with the right selection ...

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      That's BB worht.

      If it is your first season focus on having weak bench and put all your money in first 11 next season onwards

      1. Riverside Red
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks for the advice but I think I just need to more lucky..

  20. Jon Snow
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Mendy has great skin

    1. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Lmao, he really does!

      1. Jon Snow
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        29 years old! Black don't crack

    2. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      good looking bloke

  21. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    VardyParty score now....and remove that Bruno's fake assist

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Vardy limping

  22. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Martin Tyler is very easily amused.

  23. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    pretty challenging season for any liverpool supporter, no luck at all except that Ali goal of course

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Its in their hands for top 4 after Leicester bottled it vs newc and chelsea vs ars ...thats all the luck u need

    2. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      CHE fan here expecting anything in the final match

  24. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    That Rudiger goal & Mendy cleanie takes me back into the top 10k!!! Come on.

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Me too, only just though, 9319. Raphinha over Bamford today was bad call.

  25. Vinyl78LP
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Even if Liverpool beat Burnley & Palace only by 1 goal - Leicester would have to hit Spurs for 4+ without reply at this rate.

    1. Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Son captain

      1. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Or Kane and a repeat of his 4 there a couple years back

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Leicester only hope is either burnley getting something tomorrow

      Or villa against chelsea

      1. MrZ
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Perhaps another masterclass from roy before his retirement?

  26. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Hoold Toni

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Hoooollddddd

      1. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        sigh

        1. Nanoelektronicar
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          🙁 Nacho first on bench.

  27. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Nacho goal

  28. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Nacho G

  29. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Nacho g

  30. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    CS wiped phew