• Liverpool striker played out wide in Burnley defeat
• Sturridge: ‘It is difficult for me to play wide. I’m a centre-forward’
Daniel Sturridge has expressed his disappointment and frustration at being deployed on the wing by Jürgen Klopp and spelt out his desire to play as a centre-forward for Liverpool. With comments that will raise a few eyebrows at Anfield, the forward made it clear that he is not happy out wide, which is where he started in the Premier League defeat against Burnley last Saturday, and said “everyone knows my best position”.
Sturridge was speaking after he came off the substitutes’ bench to score twice in a 5-0 win against Burton Albion in the EFL Cup second round on Tuesday, when Divock Origi was given the opportunity to start up front. The Belgian scored Liverpool’s opening goal in a comfortable victory and would appear to be the biggest threat to Sturridge’s hopes of playing through the middle as an out-and-out striker this season.
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