Liverpool fans aren’t too happy with Philippe Coutinho’s FIFA 17 rating

EA Sports have revealed the Premier League’s top-rated players on FIFA 17 and – surprise surprise – not everyone’s happy.

Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho has been given an 85 rating on the game, making him the 20th-best player in the English top-flight, and in isolation that seems entirely reasonable.

Feel like people can often overrate Coutinho… 85 OVR for me is about right… still needs more consistency #LFC

— Matt Craig (@MattHDGamer) September 5, 2016

But when people took a look at the list-at-large, noting in particular that Spanish duo Santi Cazorla and Cesc Fàbregas rank higher than the Brazilian, the complaints began rolling in.

https://twitter.com/remainsLFC/status/773074629044768768

Cazorla is rated higher than Coutinho on FIFA 17. pic.twitter.com/Z4UD0a1ULX

— Jimmy (@EntireDesign_) September 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/SakhoLad/status/772845384603430912

When Fabregas and Cazorla have a higher rating on FIFA 17 than Coutinho. 😕 https://t.co/1F8km2WCD5

— Monkey D. Liam 🇵🇸 (@LiamWC_97) September 5, 2016

Of course, there are two sides to every coin, and some naturally think the rating is too high.

Coutinho’s 85 rating puts him above the likes of Riyad Mahrez, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Harry Kane, among others.

@EASPORTSFIFA I want you guys to give me a logical explanation to why mahrez, Costa, Dybala, and coutinho is higher rates than Kane on Fifa

— Pablo mcc 🇯🇲 (@pablo_mccalla10) September 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/08ajharris/status/772878688690008064

Turns out it’s impossible to please everyone, but we reckon EA Sports have done well with their top five at the very least.

Zlatan Ibrahimović leads the way with an overall rating of 90, closely followed by David de Gea (also 90) Mesut Özil, Thibaut Courtois and Sergio Agüero round off the top five, each holding a rating of 89.

The full top 20 is as follows:

1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (90)
2. David de Gea (90)
3. Mesut Özil (89)
4. Thibaut Courtois (89)
5. Sergio Agüero (89)
6. Petr Čech (88)
7. Eden Hazard (88)
8. Kevin de Bruyne (88)
9. Paul Pogba (88)
10. Hugo Lloris (88)
11. Alexis Sánchez (87)
12. David Silva (87)
13. Santi Cazorla (86)
14. Cesc Fàbregas (86)
15. Vincent Kompany (86)
16. Dimitri Payet (86)
17. Laurent Koscielny (86)
18. Diego Costa (85)
19. Willian (85)
20. Philippe Coutinho (85)

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