On top of having his captain and best defender suspended Brendan Rodgers' preparations for the trip to Arsenal were hardly going to be helped by Raheem Sterling's interview with the BBC in midweek. The youngster's comments have been interpreted in a variety of ways, with the majority of fans now resigned to the fact that he is likely to leave. It is therefore no surprise that the main debate surrounding our version of FIFA 15 Arsenal vs Liverpool was whether or not Rodgers would start Sterling or not.
After a lot umming and ahhing we eventually realised that we haven't got a clue what Rodgers is going to do and guessed that he would play Sterling and move him further forward with Lazar Markovic playing at wing-back. With Arsenal Santi Cazorla moved out to the right wing as Aaron Ramsey and Francis Coquelin played behind Mesut Ozil with Olivier Giroud leading the line.
Luckily for Sterling the small number of Liverpool fans meant he wasn't subjected to that bad a reception, although the Arsenal fans were gleefully chanting "Raheem Sterling he's a Gunner you know." Within ten minutes Sterling was in the action when he was played through on goal by Philippe Coutinho. However despite having a simple pass to Jordan Henderson available, that would have surely resulted in a goal, he elected to shoot with David Ospina making a comfortable save.
The resulting corner saw a deflected Daniel Sturridge shot hit the post but really Liverpool should have already been ahead. Their second golden chance came when Sterling did elect to pass, playing a great ball through to Sturridge but he rushed his shot and chipped wide.
Arsenal's first real chance came after around half an hour when a cross from Cazorla went over Giroud's head but found Ramsey at the back post. Unfortunately for Gunners the Welshman's attempted chip was easily tipped over by Simon Mignolet. From the resulting corner Laurent Koscielny could only produce a tame header wide.
Interestingly most of Liverpool's good play was coming down Sterling's side, with Hector Bellerin superbly shutting down Coutinho on the left. It was Sterling who created another chance for Sturridge with some good pressing but his shot fizzed narrowly wide. However Sterling's finishing would once again let him down when he capitalised on Gabriel coming thundering out of the box to slip through into the penalty area. At the crucial moment though he scuffed his shot and sent it against the post.
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Revealed: Most traded player on FIFA 15 Ultimate Team
EA Sports have released information on all the stats within FIFA 15 and FIFA 15 Ultimate Team for the Premier League this season and it makes for interesting reading.
With the Premier League drawing to a close EA have released a number of interesting figures with regards to games played between Premier League clubs and Premier League players on FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.
There were over 140 million games this season with over 333 million goals, two very impressive numbers.
In total players scored over 56.5 million goals using Costa which was considerably more than second placed Sergio Aguero who got 36.7 million.
Its a sign of how desperate Manchester United fans were to see their team succeed that both Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao were in the top four.
Moving on to the top five traded players and the number one in this list was Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny (yeah were not sure either).
Koscielny is a great player both in real life and in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team but to be the number one player? We were very surprised.
Loic Remy and Kyle Walker were both no surprise given their pace whilst Eliaquim Mangala and Aaron Ramsey finished off the top five traded players.
Interestingly Manchester Citys home kit from 1884 was one of the most traded kits but Manchester Uniteds away kit from this season won that particular battle.
With the Premier League drawing to a close EA have released a number of interesting figures with regards to games played between Premier League clubs and Premier League players on FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.
There were over 140 million games this season with over 333 million goals, two very impressive numbers.
It is absolutely no surprise that Diego Costa of Chelsea led the way in terms of goals, the Blues are the best Premier League team to use in the game and Costa is sensational.
Its a sign of how desperate Manchester United fans were to see their team succeed that both Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao were in the top four.
Moving on to the top five traded players and the number one in this list was Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny (yeah were not sure either).
Koscielny is a great player both in real life and in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team but to be the number one player? We were very surprised.
Loic Remy and Kyle Walker were both no surprise given their pace whilst Eliaquim Mangala and Aaron Ramsey finished off the top five traded players.
Interestingly Manchester Citys home kit from 1884 was one of the most traded kits but Manchester Uniteds away kit from this season won that particular battle.
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