Saturday, 15th March, 2014
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has lavished praise on striker Daniel Sturridge, but explained February's Premier League Player of the Month is not resting on his laurels and already knows which areas of his game he needs to improve.
Sturridge took home February's accolade through a spell which saw him score five goals in four games, amongst those an important brace in Liverpool's hard-fought 4-3 win over Swansea City on 23rd of the month.
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Rodgers feels that Sturridge has it within himself to become world-class and told LFC TV: "He is a world-class talent and he'll become a world-class player if he can consistently do it now in the next couple of seasons."
But Rodgers knows that Sturridge appreciates there are still areas of his game he must work on – and that includes his link-up play with team-mates, along with his heading ability.
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"He'll look at his link-up play and the speed of his link-up play. I know he wants to improve on his heading", the Northern Irishman explained.
"And then just ensuring that he gets himself out on the training field in order to get into the games. That maturity will help his movement, his touch and that link-up play.
"He's a natural born finisher, so he'll always get goals. There are many aspects of his game that we can brush up on, but thankfully he wants to get better as well – that's half the battle."
Rodgers will hope Sturridge can continue his red hot form tomorrow when Liverpool take on Manchester United at Old Trafford.
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