Chris Sutton blasts 'terrible' Liverpool duo ahead of Crystal Palace game

Chris Sutton has tipped two Liverpool stars to be good picks for FPL players this weekend, while blasting two others as "terrible" options ahead of the Reds facing Crystal Palace

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has endured a tough season(Image: Molly Darlington/Getty Images)

Chris Sutton says Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players should bring Mohamed Salah into their team this week — but he's far from convinced by Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz.

Salah scored the first goal in a Merseyside derby at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, with Virgil van Dijk later netting a 100th-minute winner, but Isak struggled to get involved in the game and Wirtz is still finding his feet after moving to the Premier League from Germany.

"Salah was really good against Everton," Sutton said. "The other one would be Cody Gakpo maybe from Liverpool. But I wouldn’t touch Alexander Isak. And Florian Wirtz... terrible."

With Hugo Ekitike set to be sidelined for several months, ruling him out of the World Cup, Isak will be required for the rest of this season. The Swede is still regaining match sharpness after recovering from a broken leg.

Wirtz, meanwhile, has scored six goals and assisted another 10 in his debut campaign in England. He needed some time to adjust to the pace of the Everton game, but it was far from a bad performance.

Van Dijk's late header past Jordan Pickford was a big moment for a variety of reasons. Liverpool now looks set to secure a place in the Champions League with five games remaining and Crystal Palace up next.

Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz have shown flashes of their talent for Liverpool(Image: 2025 DeFodi Images)

"I don't think we've had a lot of big moments yet this season — and when we had these big moments, because we scored earlier in extra time of extra time, but then we were able to concede afterwards," Arne Slot said.

"So, we haven't felt a lot of joy this season, yet. I completely agree with Virgil that this season has not been of our standards.

"Going out in the quarterfinal of the FA Cup and the Champions League against, from open play, the two best teams in the world, with two great managers, with unlimited resources, that can happen, let's put it that way.

"But in the league, of course, we are far from where we want to be. We have to accept that situation because we've dropped so many points after playing in Europe.

"That's why it's also nice now, after a game in Europe, not to concede in the last minute but to score, after a game in Europe, the winner in extra time from a set-piece, which you maybe would expect them to score from, but we did."

Liverpool.com says: Next season, with a full summer to get back up to speed, Isak will show his quality. We have already seen how good he can be in front of goal, so there should be no doubts there.

Wirtz, too, is clearly a very good player. With the team performing better around him, you would back him to improve his output substantially. There is a good reason that the German playmaker was signed for so much money last summer.