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Daniel Sturridge wins celebrity Call of Duty tournament but Andros Townsend fails miserably
5 Nov 2013 10:35
The Liverpool striker tells opponents "I will gun you down" before going on to win the star-studded tournament
Real SAS man: Daniel Sturridge is a lone gunner at CoD event
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Well now we all know which footballer is best at
Call of Duty.
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge stormed to victory in a celebrity CoD tournament in London last night to celebrate the release of the latest installation of the popular video game series.
His
England team-mate Andros Townsend didn't fare so well, recording a kill-to-death ratio of just 1/29, which saw him knocked out in the first-round.
Other celebrity players included rapper Wretch 32, England rugby player Tom Croft, and magician Dynamo, who all went head-to-head in the star-studded tournament.
But it seems nobody could match Sturridge's talent, who had a point to prove after his
Liverpool side lost 2-0 to Arsenal at the weekend.
Call of Duty fans applied on Twitter to play on a celebrity squad by explaining to their captain of choice why they should be chosen.
In a tense final streamed live on the CoD site, Sturridge won 13-11 against Tina Palacios, an avid player and the game developers' own senior community manager.
He said: "I had nothing to do with that win, to be honest. I was at the bottom of the team the whole way. The team won the game, so fair play."
His opponents, meanwhile, produced a parade of excuses.
Townsend blamed his loss on a broken hand suffered during a match against Hull City, joking: "I'm not going to blame my wrist, but if I hadn't been injured then we would have won."
Leicester Tigers player Tom Croft said his controller had run out of batteries, while rapper Wretch 32 claimed his headset had malfunctioned and that he was colour blind.
Croft, whose early-game kill streak gave way to endless deaths as he respawned repeatedly into his enemy's crosshairs, admitted: "I'm a tourist, really. It's so violent, this game!
"I do blame the fact that I didn't have the chance to play the game beforehand, learn all the maps and everything. I've got all the excuses."
P.S. Watch this video of Daniel Sturridge on GREAT form saying that he's fed up of playing CoD online against people who blare music down their microphones:
Don't forget to watch the video. I know he's taking the piss but he kinda comes off as a tad cocky.