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Mane, Matip and Pogba benched as Man Utd host Liverpool in Gameweek 9

In the final match of Gameweek 9, Manchester United host Liverpool in a mouth-watering clash at Old Trafford.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

Manchester United make three changes from Gameweek 8, with Marcus Rashford (£9.4m), Fred (£4.9m) and Scott McTominay (£5.4m) replacing Nemanja Matic (£4.5m), Paul Pogba (£7.6m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.0m).

Bruno Fernandes (£11.8m) also starts despite heading into the game as a doubt.

For Liverpool, Sadio Mane (£11.9m) drops to the bench with Joel Matip (£5.0m).

As a result, Diogo Jota (£7.5m) starts in attack alongside Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£8.9m), while Ibrahima Konate (£5.1m) partners Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) in defence.

Curtis Jones (£5.0m) is a substitute having missed the last two games with a groin injury, but Fabinho (£5.4m) and Thiago (£5.3m) miss out completely.


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford, Ronaldo

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Lingard, Matic, Pogba, van de Beek, Cavani, Sancho

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Salah, Jota, Firmino

Subs: Adrian, Mane, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Origi, Matip

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  1. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    It's almost as Liverpool feel 5 nil in enough of a mauling.

    Mane may feel differently...

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      hes going to want to match salah...

  2. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    This Liverpool team can’t even score again 10 Man Utd … awful.

    1. TKC07
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      9 (with Ronaldo)..

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      The are used to scoring against 11. 10 is a jinx.

  3. Dreaming of glory
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Was vardy injured btw?

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yep I brought him in

      1. Dreaming of glory
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Same! Broke 100 tho so not too worried. Was it a bad one or hold out to hear an update?

  4. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Imagine we had all captained Lukaku instead of this…

    1. EffPeeEll
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      huhuh

    2. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Lukaku would have got 5 against Norwich

    3. Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Was on Salah all week long. Too bad Lukaku injury forced some managers into the right decision. It would have put an end to the form vs fixture debate once and for all.

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Form v fixtures debate is ongoing and rightly so.

  5. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Down from 150k to 1.1m in one GW. Unbelievable.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Bloody hell

    2. Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Vice versa for me!

    3. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Looking at green arrows and top 40k before this game. Almost outside 200k now.

      1. MIGHTY JOE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        But yeh, 150k->1,1mill so brutal

    4. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You can do the reverse.

    5. Fish up a tree
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Crikey

    6. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What?!

  6. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    If this only ends 0-5 this Liverpool team really need to take a long hard look at themselves.

  7. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah and Trent making sure their pass completion rates are good

  8. Zalk
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah on 400+ this season if he keeps it up

  9. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool have decided to show some respect to this "team" I see....

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Trying to save Ole.

    2. TKC07
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      They aren't.. They don't want Ole out..

    3. Esalman
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Would be surprised if Mane doesn't try to snag one here.

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

    Need either another TAA return or Ronaldo goal for a green arrow

    1. GoonerSteve
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Same

  11. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Come on Salah! More! More! More!

  12. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Might get 100pts if Trent gets 2 bonus

    1. mojoindojo
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Everyone will be on century.

  13. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    My strike force is Ronaldo 1 Vardy 1, didn't think the day would come when I'd have to sell the GOAT for a hit!

  14. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool taking it easy now, Klopp reminded them that if they score many more then Ole will certainly be fired.

    1. 272MK
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Hahaha. Long term thinking eh

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Think it's probably too late for that now

      1. 272MK
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        We'll see Klopp arguing with the ref if the ref gives Liverpool a penalty

  15. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah is only premium worth the money. So many bargains around you could easily put a team together and have £5m+ to play with

  16. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    People saying Ronaldo has unbalanced the team. Lucky escape for City?

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      No.
      He’d score 30 goals for a coach like a Pep and playing in that Man City team.

  17. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    12pm at the gym will always be filled with Liverpool fans. Safe to say im going much earlier tomorrow

  18. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Will there ever be another post concerning Salah "is regressing"

    Ha ha

    1. 272MK
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Declining.

      Salah is declining

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Picked the wrong phrase ha ha.

        Declining my arse.

  19. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mane is so selfish, Jones won't pass to him again

  20. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mane should get something for his owners just like Mahrez. He's a god player and fpl asset who just finds himself on the wrong end of a benching

  21. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool should score a couple og’s to keep Ole’s job

  22. EffPeeEll
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    100 points (-4)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      96 is pretty good.

  23. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Feels like a Salah failure after 2 red cards

  24. Crouching Tiger
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Exactly 100 pts as things and baps stand... probably over average in top10?

    1. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Average in top 10k currently 83 …

    2. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Top 10K is about 86 avg atm according to LiveFPL

  25. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Just saw someone in my league has Broja, Livramento and Trent (?) in that order all on their bench.

  26. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Don't look so sad, Ole 🙁

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      A sky reporter is on stand by to tell Ole a hialrious joke at full time so they can photograph him laughing and smiling

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Cavani miss

  28. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Neville has a point, benching Messi Lingard is unforgivable

  29. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Am tempted to transfer Jota back lol

  30. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Whey