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Jimenez, Doherty and Adama benched as Klopp keeps rotation to a minimum

The final two matches of Gameweek 20 overlap one another, with Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers kicking off at 16:30 GMT and Manchester City v Sheffield getting underway at 18:00 GMT.

Despite having threatened to utilise his peripheral squad players in his pre-match press conference, Jurgen Klopp has kept the changes to a minimum for the Reds’ final match of 2019.

Klopp’s only alteration sees Adam Lallana (£5.8m) replace Naby Keita (£5.8m) in central midfield, so there are starts for popular Fantasy assets Mohamed Salah (£12.3m), Sadio Mane (£12.3m), Roberto Firmino (£9.2m), Virgil van Dijk (£6.4m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.4m) and Andrew Robertson (£7.0m).

There isn’t such positive news for owners of some of Wolves’ most-owned FPL players.

Having beaten Manchester City in a five-goal thriller less than 48 hours ago, Nuno Espirito Santo has understandably freshened up his side for this trip to Anfield.

Raul Jimenez (£7.5m), Adama Traore (£5.5m), Matt Doherty (£6.1m) and Romain Saiss (£4.4m) all drop to the bench, with Pedro Neto (£5.0m), Ruben Vinagre (£4.2m), Ryan Bennett (£4.9m) and Max Kilman (£4.0m) all drafted into the starting XI.

Diogo Jota (£6.1m) keeps his place up front, however.

Adama was the fourth-most-bought FPL asset of Gameweek 20.

Salah and Mane were both among the top five most-captained players this weekend, with the Egyptian second only to Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) for armband duties among the top 10k.

Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven away league games, although Liverpool have, of course, only dropped two points all season.

The big news at the Etihad is that the most-owned ‘defender’ in FPL, John Lundstram (£5.1m), has failed a late fitness test and misses out.

Mo Besic (£4.4m) replaces Lundstram in midfield, with Lys Mousset (£4.9m) and Callum Robinson (£5.0m) getting starts up front in place of David McGoldrick (£5.4m) and Oli McBurnie (£5.7m).

The Blades are, remarkably, still unbeaten on the road this season.

All three of Pep Guardiola’s changes are made at the back.

Teenage centre-half Eric Garcia (£4.5m) replaces Nicolas Otamendi (£5.0m), while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m) is in for Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m) at left-back.

Claudio Bravo (£4.8m) starts in goal in place of the suspended Ederson (£6.0m).

It’s the same front six that started at Molineux on Friday, meanwhile, with Sergio Aguero (£11.7m) leading the line.

Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) is back on the bench after recovering from illness.

City have scored in every match over the last 11 Gameweeks, averaging 2.27 goals per game in that time.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.5m) is the second-most-popular captaincy option in Gameweek 20, having been handed the armband by 764,890 FPL managers.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Lallana, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Jonny, Kilman, Coady, Dendoncker, Bennett, Neves, Moutinho, Vinagre, Jota, Neto.

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Walker, Garcia, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Baldock, Stevens, O’Connell, Basham, Egan, Besic, Norwood, Fleck, Robinson, Mousset.

3,724 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Shark Team
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    It's a goal it's a shoulder

  2. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Goal

  3. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Goal

  4. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Lallana you idiot

  5. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Mane goal disallowed

  6. jimmyabs1987
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    That’s me out the cup

  7. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Good goal

  8. SB007
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    VAR

  9. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Mane goal . Needs to be checked

  10. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    This gw is so whack. Pool game will end like 1-0 Wijnaldum and KDB either play deep or injured in first 15 mins

  11. jimmyabs1987
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Mane you troll

  12. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Should be Mane goal

  13. Fudgy
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Clear handball, absolute joke

  14. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    YESSSS

  15. SB007
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    I think it’s a goal.

  16. tm245
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    That should be a goal, looks like his shoulder.

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    VAR

  18. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    No Salah involvement 🙁 Why I switched Mane for Salah?

    1. Am sorry to say again it�…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      god knows

  19. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Must be good.

  20. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Ughhhhh. Dropped Mane for salah

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Same. Feccck it

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone but Mane. Anyone!!!!!!

  22. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    whoop

  23. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    no goal

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Why?

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Long check, could be ruled out

  25. Avo24
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    With lund out, lets go dendoncker!!!

  26. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Whistle before ball in?

    Clown blowing the whistle.

  27. tutankamun
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Already blew his whistle before the goal was scored. VAR shouldn’t come into it.

  28. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Clearly a shoulder, why are they looking it so long ??????????'

  29. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    That's no armpit. Let it go-al!

  30. Pukki Party
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Wouldn't want to be the one making that desicion

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Easy to spot on close up of Lallana...hit his upper chest near the shoulder.