Following a crushing defeat to Manchester United on Saturday, Liverpool are in desperate need of a boost- making the imminent return of Daniel Sturridge more important than ever.
To say the wait for Sturridge to return from injury has been agonising is an understatement, as all Liverpool supporters will agree. Football fans would be foolish to look beyond him as Liverpool’s largest goal threat and his team need him more than ever.
His return to Melwood last week- after training alone all summer in America- comes as a huge lift to the Liverpool camp. Reds fans have not only missed his goals and attacking play, but also his personality and the positive atmosphere he creates in and around the team. He is a real asset to Brendan Rodgers’ plans and is capable of winning his team matches. While his return will inevitably come with the cliché that he is ‘like a new signing’, he really is like a new signing to Liverpool, having been such a key absentee for so long. The Anfield faithful will have everything crossed with the hope their star striker can reestablish the frightening form he displayed alongside Luis Suarez during that memorable 2013/2014 campaign. One certainty is that, after such a long time out, he will be raring to go.