All the big Fantasy Premier League talking points and team news before gameweek nine
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Do you keep Mohamed Salah in your team? Is it time to go big on Mbeumo?
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What I don't understand is Salah getting hate for getting 6ga in 12 games but its not good because its Mo Salah. Anyone else and it's a brilliant start.
Abubakr Hussain, Bradford
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool manager Arne Slot on former Liverpool and Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher: "He has shown that he was right to leave as he is playing really well.
"We will also face Jordan Henderson who is the only Liverpool player to lift every trophy as captain, I was told.
"In Holland they cannot stop talking about how much Ajax miss Henderson."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
More from Liverpool manager Arne Slot on Mohamed Salah: "Players miss chances and he is a human being. We are not used to him missing chances.
"The main thing is that he always has scored goals for Liverpool. The last thing I worry about is Mo scoring goals again. He's done that his entire life and I expect him to do that again in the coming weeks and months.
"Quite a few changes in the squad means everyone needs to find new connections."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool manager Arne Slot on Curtis Jones' improvement: "His playing time has gone up as I like how he progresses with the ball. He is in competition with five or six good midfielders.
"He played a good game against Eintracht Frankfurt."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesArne Slot has faced a lot of questions about Mohamed Salah after the out-of-form forward was dropped for the win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday.
Salah has struggled for goals this season but Slot says the Egyptian is a human being and "the last thing I worry about is Mo not scoring goals again."
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LFC are in troubled waters but the tide is turning. Fingers crossed.
Chris, Bath
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool manager Arne Slot: "At the moment if we do one tiny thing wrong then we concede. We have to make sure that we do things 10 out of 10 times perfect.
"Some moments have been unlucky. A period of time like this, you have to be perfect."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool manager Arne Slot on Mohamed Salah's form: "Everyone has been in a difficult moment.
"Scorelines have an impact on opinions of people. I need to show everyone what we did well and what we did wrong."
Chelsea v Sunderland (Sat, 15:00 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea manager Enzo Maresca is also speaking to the media at the moment. He's confirmed that striker Liam Delap is back in training.
Delap could be available to play against Tottenham next weekend.
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool manager Arne Slot on finding out his best XI: "All the best teams have more than 11 players. After the summer signings, even if we won seven games in a row, I felt like we would need to grow.
"We have lost four, three of them were away. It is normal with changes. We need to find a way of growing together."
I'm not sure about that, Ian, he has had a very good injury record in recent years with Bayer Leverkusen.
He only missed four Bundesliga games in his last three seasons in Germany so he certainly isn't - or hasn't previously been - injury prone.
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Is Jeremie Frimpong the new Reece James with injuries?
Ian Newbold, Lincoln
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool manager Arne Slot on Florian Wirtz: "It was more difficult to do what he did against Manchester United [to set up Cody Gakpo] than his assist for Dominik Szoboszlai.
"His general game I have liked, but if you lose a game then you hear about the negative things.
"On Wednesday we generated the same amount of chances from open play than we did in those recent defeats."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Asked if this is a difficult moment for Mohamed Salah, Arne Slot says it has been "a difficult moment for all of us" because "no one is used to losing."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool manager Arne Slot on: "Jeremie Frimpong is not in a good place, he won't play today, tomorrow or next week. Hamstring injuries take a while.
"Alexander [Isak] is not too bad. He is a question mark for the weekend so we will see where he is and that is the same with Ryan Gravenberch.
"Alisson Becker is also not in the squad."
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has arrived and has wasted no time giving an update on Alexander Isak.
He says the Sweden striker is "not too bad" but is a "question mark" for tomorrow's game against Brentford, as is midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, who missed the Eintracht Frankfurt match with an ankle issue.
He also says Jeremie Frimpong will be out for the next few games at least with a hamstring injury.
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker remains out.
Brentford v Liverpool (Sat, 20:00 BST)
Liverpool boss Arne Slot will chat to the media shortly before his side's game at Brentford on Saturday.
The Reds have lost their past three Premier League games:
A 5-1 Champions League win in Germany over Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday ended a run of four defeats in a row.
Will the losing run in the Premier League also end?
Man Utd v Brighton (Sat, 17:30 BST)
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on Ruben Amorim having not won three games in a row: "It's not my job to comment on that but the only thing I can say is that I am really looking forward to competing against one of the best managers.
"I think he is one of the best, of course he's not in an easy phase with Manchester but he's proved in the past how good he can be.
"Why can't they win three games in a row? I don't know because I'm not there."
Newcastle v Fulham (Sat, 15:00 BST)
Eddie Howe's Newcastle have an EFL Cup fourth round tie with Tottenham Hotspur plus two more Champions League league phase fixtures to tackle in their next seven.
Man Utd v Brighton (Sat, 17:30 BST)
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on Manchester United: "I think they are playing more direct and more vertical style so more long balls trying to target [Bryan] Mbeumo and [Benjamin] Sesko, trying to win the second balls and continue on the wing.
"Trying to attack the box with deep runs and of course they have a lot of individual qualities. They can change the game with one action. No matter who it is.
"They are a danger for us and we have to be staying alive for 90 minutes because they can score from every phase."
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
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| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
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| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
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| 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
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| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
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| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
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| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
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| 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
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| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
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| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
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| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
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| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
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| 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
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| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 10 |
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| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
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| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 8 |
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| 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 7 |
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| 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 5 |
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| 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 4 |
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| 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 2 |
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