<p>In this article, <a href="https://twitter.com/CoysFPL">@CoysFPL</a> (aka Dan) discusses his Premier League fantasy football tips for Manchester City.</p>
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<h2>Liverpool 2022/23 season expectations</h2>
<p>Liverpool returned to their best last season after a rather underwhelming season in 2020/21, finishing second in the Premier League and reaching the final of the Champions League.</p>
<p>The return of <strong>Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m)</strong> played a part in that, with the Red&#8217;s conceding 16 fewer league goals and keeping nine more clean sheets.</p>
<p>The emergence of attacking pair<strong> Diogo Jota (£9.0m)</strong> and <strong>Luis Diaz (£8.0m)</strong> proved to be excellent attacking options, whilst<strong> Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) </strong>won yet another golden boot, albeit shared with <strong>Son Heung-Min (£12.0m)</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Sadio Mane</strong> has left the club after six seasons on Merseyside, and the likes of Diaz, Jota and newcomer <strong><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/darwin-nunez-fpl-prospects">Darwin Nunez</a> (£9.0m)</strong> will have big shoes to fill.</p>
<p>Despite falling short of Salah&#8217;s numbers, he was arguably as important in Liverpool&#8217;s front three due to his relentless pressing and performances in big games.</p>
<p>Liverpool recorded the second-best <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/a-simple-guide-to-opta-stats-for-fpl">expected goals conceded</a> (xGC) last season (0.97 per game), leading to them keeping the joint-most clean sheets (20) and conceding the joint-fewest goals (0.68 per game).</p>
<p>In terms of attack, Liverpool had the highest expected goals (xG) in the league, averaging 2.4 per game. I think this number will be pretty similar this season.</p>
<div id="attachment_47329" style="width: 940px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-47329" class="size-full wp-image-47329" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Top-of-Premier-League-table-2021-22.jpg" alt="" width="930" height="350" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Top-of-Premier-League-table-2021-22.jpg 930w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Top-of-Premier-League-table-2021-22-300x113.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Top-of-Premier-League-table-2021-22-768x289.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Top-of-Premier-League-table-2021-22-610x230.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /><p id="caption-attachment-47329" class="wp-caption-text">The top of the Premier League table in 2021/22. Source: Google</p></div>
<h2>Liverpool 2021/22 expected lineup</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>                                           Alisson</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Alexander-Arnold &#8211; Matip &#8211; Van Dijk &#8211; Robertson</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>                     Henderson &#8211; Fabinho &#8211; Thiago</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>                             Salah &#8211; Nunez &#8211; Diaz</strong></p>
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<p>Alisson, van Dijk, <strong>Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m)</strong> and <strong>Andrew Robertson (£7.0m)</strong> will undoubtedly make up four of the defensive five when fit.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Joel Matip (£6.0m)</strong> should play most games, despite expected rotation with <strong>Ibrahima Konate (£5.0m)</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Fabinho (£5.5m) </strong>, <strong>Jordan Henderson (£5.5m)</strong> and <strong>Thiago Alcantara (£5.5m)</strong> should be the midfield three, although either of the latter two could be dropped occasionally for the likes of <strong>Naby Keita (£5.0m)</strong>, <strong>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£5.0m)</strong>, <strong>Curtis Jones (£5.0m)</strong>, <strong>Fabio Carvalho (£5.5m)</strong>, <strong>James Milner (£4.5m)</strong> and <strong>Harvey Elliott (£5.0m)</strong>.</p>
<p>Salah is a certain starter, whilst Diaz is also likely to start on the left side.</p>
<p>Nunez should become first-choice centre-forward when he adjusts to Premier League football, but I think Jota could start games in the meantime.</p>
<h2><strong>Best Liverpool forward for FPL</strong></h2>
<h4>Diogo Jota</h4>
<p>Jota had his first real breakout season for Liverpool last season, ending the league campaign with 15 goals and seven assists to his name. That was despite a considerable amount of time on the bench due to rotation.</p>
<p>There will be question marks over his minutes after the arrival of Darwin Nunez but as mentioned I can see him taking the centre-forward role until Nunez has fully settled.</p>
<p>Jota is also capable of playing on the left-hand side and would be the first-choice candidate for that position should Luis Diaz be unavailable for any reason.</p>
<p>The Portuguese attacker had the third-most <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">big chances per 90 minutes</a> in the league last season (1.02), excluding low-minutes players.</p>
<p>He also had the third-most shots in the box per 90 (three), ultimately producing the seventh-best goal record per 90 (0.57).</p>
<p>I would probably avoid Jota due to the uncertainty of his playing time, although I expect him to end the season with about the same goals as last season and I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll be an excellent option when one of Nunez, Salah or Diaz is out.</p>
<div id="attachment_46884" style="width: 612px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-46884" class="size-full wp-image-46884" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Diogo-Jota-Stats-1.jpg" alt="Diogo Jota Stats. fpl tips gw1" width="602" height="493" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Diogo-Jota-Stats-1.jpg 602w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Diogo-Jota-Stats-1-300x246.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /><p id="caption-attachment-46884" class="wp-caption-text">Diogo Jota</p></div>
<h2><strong>Best Liverpool midfielder for FPL</strong></h2>
<h4>Mohamed Salah</h4>
<p>Salah once again finished as the highest fantasy points scorer in the game last season, so should be considered as one of the first players on your team sheet.</p>
<p>He is Liverpool&#8217;s main goal threat, with penalties and a huge open play goal threat.</p>
<p>His worst Premier League goal involvement (GI) tally for Liverpool in a season is 28, so he is probably the most consistent performer in the Premier League.</p>
<p>Last season, he recorded the most shots per game of all players in the league and finished with the joint-most goals and second-most assists.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s worth noting he did only score seven Premier League goals in 15 appearances following the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), compared to 16 goals in the 20 appearances before.</p>
<p>Interestingly, in that time Liverpool won all but two games in that period and remained unbeaten, so his slight drop in form had no impact on the team&#8217;s form.</p>
<p>That being said, his underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> after AFCON were better than before.</p>
<p>His xG per 90 was 0.01 higher, he recorded about one more shot in the box per 90 as well as 1.3 more shots, so there&#8217;s absolutely no reason to suggest that slightly underwhelming form will continue.</p>
<p>If anyone is essential, it&#8217;s him.</p>
<h2><strong>Best Liverpool defender for FPL</strong></h2>
<h4>Trent Alexander-Arnold</h4>
<p>Alexander-Arnold goes into another season as the standout defensive option after another excellent campaign, racking up 14 attacking returns and 18 clean sheets.</p>
<p>He will continue his set-piece duties as well as his creative open play role that lead to the highest expected assist (xA) tally among defenders last year (0.34 per 90 minutes).</p>
<p>He also created the most big chances out of defenders, with 0.57 per 90.</p>
<p>Only four defenders had more shots than Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s 1.61 per 90 minutes and we know how well he can strike a ball from long-range.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t see an argument for not owning Trent so he should be in your team for Gameweek 1.</p>
<div id="attachment_46603" style="width: 1008px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-46603" class="wp-image-46603 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-13.11.05.jpg" alt="Trent Alexander-Arnold TAA 2022" width="998" height="656" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-13.11.05.jpg 998w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-13.11.05-300x197.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-13.11.05-768x505.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-13.11.05-610x401.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px" /><p id="caption-attachment-46603" class="wp-caption-text">Trent Alexander-Arnold. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
<h2><strong>Liverpool top under-the-radar players:</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Andrew Robertson</strong></h4>
<p>The Scot is only slightly worse an option than Alexander-Arnold, given the Englishman&#8217;s higher shot output, mainly from free-kicks.</p>
<p>Robertson shares indirect set-pieces with Alexander-Arnold and registered three goals and 11 assists last season.</p>
<p>Alexander-Arnold had approximately one extra shot per 90 minutes, which is actually quite a lot.</p>
<p>He also made 0.9 more key passes per 90 and recorded 0.13 more expected assists per 90 than Robertson&#8217;s 0.21.</p>
<h4><strong>Virgil Van Dijk</strong></h4>
<p>The Dutchman is a huge threat from set-pieces.</p>
<p>He scored three last season, five in Liverpool&#8217;s title winning season and four the season before. He also managed nine assists across those three seasons.</p>
<p>The defender also had the third-most shots in the box and the second-most headed attempts among defenders last season.</p>
<p>However, Robertson and Alexander-Arnold still offer more attacking threat and will therefore justify the extra outlay.</p>
<h3><b>Luis Diaz</b></h3>
<p>The January signing adjusted to life in Premier League virtually straight away, ending up with four goals and three assists in just under 1,000 minutes.</p>
<p>He will play a significant role this season and I think he provides excellent value.</p>
<p>In half a season on Merseyside, he averaged the second-most shots (3.18), the fifth-highest xG (0.42) and the fourth-most shots in the box (2.18) per game out all midfielders.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d expect him to have a breakout season and prove to be a fantastic fantasy option.</p>
<h2><strong>Liverpool players to avoid:</strong></h2>
<p>Matip won&#8217;t start every game so is a n0-go for me.</p>
<p>The midfield three of Fabinho, Thiago and Henderson don&#8217;t provide enough goal threat to be FPL options.</p>
<p>Newcomer Darwin Nunez is probably an avoid to start with but I think he&#8217;ll come good at some point.</p>
<p>He has the physicality for the Premier League and looks to be an excellent goal scorer, scoring 34 goals for Benfica last season, including six in the Champions League against the likes of Liverpool as well as Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.</p>
<h2>Liverpool set-piece takers</h2>
<p>Liverpool corner, free-kick and penalty takers are all documented in our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-set-piece-takers">Premier League set-piece guide</a>. This piece is updated regularly.</p>
<p>As of the end of the 21/22 season, the Liverpool set-piece takers were as follows:</p>
<p><b data-stringify-type="bold">Penalties: </b>Milner, Salah, Fabinho<br />
<b data-stringify-type="bold">Direct free kicks: </b>Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Henderson<br />
<b data-stringify-type="bold">Corners &amp; indirect free kicks: </b>Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Tsimikas, Milner<br />
<b data-stringify-type="bold">Aerial threats: </b>Van Dijk, Firmino</p>
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