DANIEL STURRDIGE HAS suffered another thigh strain in training and is now a major doubt for Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Sturridge pulled up in training at Melwood on Tuesday and it is believed the injury is similar in nature to the thigh problem that originally sidelined him while on England duty in early September.
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The precise extent of the new problem is not yet known and the 25-year-old will be assessed by Liverpool’s medical staff in the coming days, but this fresh setback means he is unlikely to recover in time to face Palace.
Sturridge has not featured for Liverpool since starring in a 3-0 evisceration of Tottenham at White Hart Lane on August 31 and Brendan Rodgers’ men have won just four of 14 matches in all competitions in his absence, with summer signing Mario Balotelli scoring just twice.
The Reds lie 11th in the Premier League after 11 matches, four points off West Ham in fourth, and it now appears that Rodgers will again have to do without the man who scored 21 Premier League goals last season despite missing a significant chunk of the campaign with an ankle injury.
Sturridge had been progressing well in training while recovering from an unrelated calf problem, and as recently as November 12 took to Twitter to reassure fans that he would soon return to the field.
The 25-year-old has been beset by injuries since arriving at Anfield in a £12 million deal from Chelsea in January 2013, and last month suggested his genes and body type might be to blame for his persistent muscular problems.
“I’ve been unfortunate this season to pick up injuries. Maybe it’s my body type and hereditary,” he told TalkSPORT.
“My uncle Dean had a lot of muscle problems when he played, uncle Simon the same, and my dad. Maybe it’s the Caribbean vibes. [I have] fast-twitch muscles, I am more vulnerable to muscle injuries.”
Sturridge suffers new setback after picking up thigh strain in training
DANIEL STURRDIGE HAS suffered another thigh strain in training and is now a major doubt for Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Sturridge pulled up in training at Melwood on Tuesday and it is believed the injury is similar in nature to the thigh problem that originally sidelined him while on England duty in early September.
The precise extent of the new problem is not yet known and the 25-year-old will be assessed by Liverpool’s medical staff in the coming days, but this fresh setback means he is unlikely to recover in time to face Palace.
Sturridge has not featured for Liverpool since starring in a 3-0 evisceration of Tottenham at White Hart Lane on August 31 and Brendan Rodgers’ men have won just four of 14 matches in all competitions in his absence, with summer signing Mario Balotelli scoring just twice.
The Reds lie 11th in the Premier League after 11 matches, four points off West Ham in fourth, and it now appears that Rodgers will again have to do without the man who scored 21 Premier League goals last season despite missing a significant chunk of the campaign with an ankle injury.
Sturridge had been progressing well in training while recovering from an unrelated calf problem, and as recently as November 12 took to Twitter to reassure fans that he would soon return to the field.
The 25-year-old has been beset by injuries since arriving at Anfield in a £12 million deal from Chelsea in January 2013, and last month suggested his genes and body type might be to blame for his persistent muscular problems.
“I’ve been unfortunate this season to pick up injuries. Maybe it’s my body type and hereditary,” he told TalkSPORT.
“My uncle Dean had a lot of muscle problems when he played, uncle Simon the same, and my dad. Maybe it’s the Caribbean vibes. [I have] fast-twitch muscles, I am more vulnerable to muscle injuries.”
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