Esports: Football fans turning to online gaming during isolation?

Online gaming is one of the biggest growing competitor sports in the world, but can it offer a replacement for football fans during the coronavirus isolation period?

FIFA 20, made by EA Sports, is the leading football video game with millions of people playing, watching and competing worldwide.

It has also been a tool for Premier League footballers to come up against each other from the comfort of their own households, and we have seen London rivalries renewed in online fixtures.

Tottenham's Ryan Sessegnon defeated West Ham forward Michail Antonio, but the Hammers got a victory of their own when Declan Rice beat best friend and Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount - as well as many other stars playing each other over the past few weeks.

Ryan Pessoa is a professional FIFA player for Manchester City's esports team and he got to reignite City's recent rivalry with Liverpool by playing one of their stars online and streaming it via Twitch.

Pessoa said: "I had a game versus Trent [Alexander-Arnold]. It was good, he's actually a decent player, Trent is actually very decent. I know he plays FIFA a lot in his spare time, he told me he plays the most out of the Liverpool squad.

"He's a big FIFA fan so it's good just to create content with him and he's a nice guy as well. I did beat him but we drew one of the games and he was actually very good.

"Trent is a massive profile to Liverpool fans, England fans, football fans in general and him promoting FIFA content, it pushes people over to that and just continues growing it."