Sturridge was speaking to Michael Owen at BT Sport
After his continued improvement since the start of the season, Raheem Sterling has really built on his excellent form in the second half of last year and Daniel Sturridge believes that the only things stopping him from becoming the best are the distractions that come to young players.
Sturridge, speaking exclusively to BT Sport as one of it’s ambassadors said “He can go as far as he wants to go. I am proud of him for everything he is achieving. I think if he continues to work hard and continues to believe in himself and has no distractions in his life – there’s none now and I hope that continues.
“He’s level headed and that’s what I like about him. I think he needs to get the credit he deserves for things he’s achieving because not many players are doing what he’s doing in the world. I am proud and I hope he continues to play like he is.”
And whilst Sterling is going from strength to strength and reportedly attracting the interest of Real Madrid, Sturridge believes that with the players Liverpool have they can be truly untouchable on their day. He said “With cup football anything can happen. The Palace game away will be difficult. But we’re looking forward to it.
“It’s a big competition for everyone to want to win with Chelsea and City falling out of it but there’s still Arsenal, United and its cup football, its one game so anyone can progress. I wouldn’t like to dis-regard anyone.
“The Europa League is a great opportunity for us to go out there stake a claim for that. We play some great football and I believe in the philosophy the manager has and everyone else does and we know on any day if we play the football we can, we are unstoppable. We have no doubts about what we can do.”
Watch the full interview on ‘Owen Meets Sturridge’ at 10pm BT Sport 1 Thurs 12 Feb. Watch Crystal Palace v Liverpool in the FA Cup 5th round on BT Sport 1 from 5pm on Sat Feb 14
