FIFA 15 Arsenal vs Liverpool Prediction

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.