The England striker has returned to goal scoring form straight away for the team
Following his prolonged absence there will have been few Reds that didn’t greet Sturridge’s goal scoring return last Saturday with some relief and a great deal of excitement.
But we’re not the only ones, as it seems his team mates and many of those associated with the club are expressing their delight at his return. The latest is new LFC midfielder, James Milner.
Speaking about his team mate, via the Liverpool Echo, Milner said: “He’s a top player. I saw something about his ratio of goals for Liverpool is better than [Luis] Suarez and people like that. That says everything you need to know. He’s a great player with great quality.
“I thought Danny Ings was exceptional up there with him as well. It gives us great options up there – those two and the other lads who are unfortunately injured at the moment.
“We’ve got so many different types of strikers. That helps us and helps the manager, whichever way we want to play and which style of football we want to play, we can do that.
“Studge is one of a great group of strikers we’ve got and he’s a top-class player and hopefully he can keep doing what he’s doing and stay fit. Any team would miss him.
“We’ve unfortunately had a few more injuries recently as well and that’s bad timing for us, but we have got a good squad of quality players and I’m sure we can deal with that.”
One thing that Milner is right about is that Liverpool certainly have missed Sturridge and that much was clear last season when Liverpool badly struggled for goals in his absence.
And as many have said in recent days, Liverpool could really see the current season turn around now that he’s back, and Brendan Rodgers will be hoping that the club can keep him fit from hereon in.
