Liverpool forward Sturridge back in full training

Wed Nov 12, 2014 6:15pm GMT

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Liverpool: Rodgers reveals Sturridge thigh trouble

Liverpool are launching a medical investigation after Daniel Sturridge suffered the ninth injury of his


career in his left thigh.

The England striker has been ruled out for another six weeks with the second injury of this nascent season to the same thigh.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers previously blamed England for aggravating Sturridge's injury but he has now gone public in his concern about the recurring problem.

"We reckon it’s his ninth injury on the same thing from previous clubs here and there," said Rodgers.

"So there seems to be an underlying issue somewhere. Our medical team are looking into it, the latest scans show a slight tear just below where he had a previous injury.

"Daniel is very disappointed and so are we. It is hugely disappointing to be without a player of his quality. Most players you will find want to play through an injury to get on to the field and when the incident happened in training it was through quite an innocuous action.

"He just flicked the ball and instantly felt the pain, it wasn’t a shot or anything that looked as if it might be serious."

There have been suggestions that Liverpool could pay a fee to cut short Divock Origi's loan back to Lille, but Rodgers has instead put pressure on Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert to produce goals in Sturridge's absence.

"For the time being we just have to focus on the players we do have," Rodgers said. "We have to make the best of what is available.

"You could say it presents an opportunity for the guys who have been on the sidelines for a while. We have an exciting period of games coming up, we have to ensure we go back to our basics and be really hard to beat, we need to be strong and aggressive.

"Most of all we want to make an impact in front of goal, now there’s an opportunity for some players who didn’t think they would get a chance."

teško, teško će se liverpool izvući... njihova igra zahtijeva brzog napadača/napadače naprijed... balotelli, lambert i borini to nisu (ajd borini je nešto pokretljiviji)...
mislim da su takvi napadači prošlu sezonu recimo i omogoćavali jednom sterlingu da više napada kroz sredinu, gdje je bio opasniji. sada s balotellijem on je prisiljen igrati više na krilu i to je uzrok mnogih liverpoolovih problema.

možda bi mogao (brendan) preći na 442 sa sterlingom uz balotellija, mislim da bi to bilo kudikamo opasnije. jednostavno moraju nekoga penetrativnijeg približiti golu, dok se budu uzdavali u balu, lamberta i borinija ne mogu daleko.

Lani su trpali nenormalno, i nije bilo za očekivati da će tako nastaviti nakon odlaska Suareza, ali ova statistika je ipak razočaravajuća.

svi spominju napad i obranu.... što je sa veznim redom? prošle sezone je bio dobar, ove baš i nije... i opet se nije dovelo dodatno pojačanje u veznom redu a zna se uz to da je Gerard još godinu stariji... ok, došao je Can, ali on nije ta potrebna klasa a i nema se toliko povjerenja u njega.

Tu se slažem, zagovaram ovo još od prvotne ozljede Sturridgea. Balotelli nikako ne funkcionira sam naprijed, stavio bi i lošijeg igrača (Borinija), to bi više doprinijelo timskoj igri. Marković i Balotelli naprijed sa Sterlingom iza njih - to već liči na nešto.

Naravno... pa mi još nismo pošteno nadomjestili Alonsa i Mascherana... Mozak i motor momčadi.

Od početka sezone sam šutio nisam ništa htio reći. Brendan kaže da čeka 10. kolo iako utakmica nije gotova ja neznam koliko se više trebamo brukati po svijetu da Ayre i Rodgers dobe nogu više. Apsolutno su fulali sa svakim "pojačanjem" ove sezone a Brendanova tvrdoglavost u ne prilagođavanju igre protivniku mi već polako ide na kurac.Ovo potvrđuje da je prošla sezona bila samo slučajnost i da će još dosta vremena proć dok Liverpool ne dobije pravog trenera i pravi stručni stožer sa kvalitetnim igračima.