Daniel Sturridge - Player of the Week
Daniel Sturridge - Player of the Week
Sturridge strikes to get Liverpool back to winning ways!
Liverpool striker, Daniel Sturridge, scored two quality goals at the weekend, to help Liverpool to a 3-2 win at home to Aston Villa. Sturridge's England teammate and former Villa player, James Milner, opened the scoring after only 66 seconds at Anfield. It was the fastest goal in the Premier League this season, but it was the only goal of the first half. The match sprang to life in the 59th minute, when Sturridge scored with a fantastic volley with the outside of his foot. Seven minutes later, Villa got a goal back when Rudy Gestede scored, but Liverpool scored just a minute later to make it 3-1. Sturridge played a lovely one-two with Philippe Coutinho and finished calmly when one on one with the goalkeeper. Gestede scored again a few minutes later to make it 3-2 and set up a tense finish, but Liverpool held on to win for the first time in five Premier League matches.
"Sturridge showed what we missed for over a year - he makes the difference and helps you compete. His finishes were brilliant." Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers.
What do we know about Daniel Sturridge?
Daniel Sturridge was born on 1 September 1989 in Birmingham, the second biggest city in the UK. He started his professional career with Manchester City and made his Premier League debut against Reading in 2007. In three seasons with City, Sturridge made only 32 appearances, and in 2009, he moved to Chelsea. In four seasons with the Blues, Sturridge scored 24 goals in 96 appearances, and won the Premier League (2009/10), the Champions League (2011/12) and the FA Cup twice (2010 & 2012). In January 2013, Sturridge made the move to Liverpool for a transfer fee of around £12 million. Sturridge's partnership with Luis Suarez in attack was an immediate success and nearly took Liverpool to the Premier League title in 2013/14. Sturridge and Suarez scored an amazing 55 goals between them. Since that amazing season, Sturridge has had problems with injury and only made 12 Premier League appearances last season.
"His quality is amazing -- he can score goals, and that's what we were struggling with" Lucas Leiva talking about Daniel Sturridge after the Liverpool-Villa match.
Is football a dangerous game?
Daniel Sturridge is one of the best strikers in the Premier League, but he has had lots of problems with injuries and has just returned to action after five months out of action with an injured hip. He had surgery in the USA in May and hopefully he'll stay injury free for a while now. There have already been a couple of bad injuries this season. Manchester Utd's Luke Shaw broke his leg in two places, in a recent Champions League game and Bournemouth's Callum Wilson ruptured his knee ligaments, after a great start to the season. Both players will be out of action for at least 6 months. Both of these injuries used to mean the end of a player's career, but these days players can often be back in training just a few months later. Some players, currently in the Premier League, have returned after horrific injuries. Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey broke his leg in two places when playing against Stoke City and Petr Cech suffered a horrible head injury when playing for Chelsea and still wears a protective helmet today. One of the unluckiest players, however, has to be the ex-Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby. He spent 9 years with Arsenal and in this time suffered 42 injuries, which meant over four years of his time at the club was spent in the treatment room!
Are players the same when they return from bad injuries?
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What did you understand?
Did you know......?
- Daniel Sturridge was top scorer for Great Britain at the London Olympics.
- Sturridge's grandparents are from Jamaica.
- Sturridge was voted Young Player of the Year when he was at Manchester City.
- Sturridge has a better goalscoring ratio record at Liverpool than both Suarez and Torres.
- Sturridge is the best dancer in the Premier League :)
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What do you think?
Daniel Sturridge's career has been badly affected by injuries.
Do you think a player is the same after a bad injury?
Do you know any players whose career was ended by injury?
Have you ever suffered a bad injury?
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03/11/2022
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Movie sprang to life when action scenes started.
03/11/2022 18:14
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
Movie sprang to life when action scenes started.
16/07/2021
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It takes a great positive mindset to recover both phisically and mentally from an injury. Sometimes players are not the same, but as medicine evolves many athletes can recover and resume their careers.
Former brazilian midfielder Sócrates had his career shorted due injuries.
Fortunately, I've never!
16/07/2021 18:31
Arsenal
1512
It takes a great positive mindset to recover both phisically and mentally from an injury. Sometimes players are not the same, but as medicine evolves many athletes can recover and resume their careers.
Former brazilian midfielder Sócrates had his career shorted due injuries.
Fortunately, I've never!
25/09/2020
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He was a massive threat in Liverpool for any opponent's defence.
25/09/2020 20:13
Liverpool
6577
He was a massive threat in Liverpool for any opponent's defence.
22/06/2020
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Players are more careful especially in interventions after injuries.
22/06/2020 17:52
Manchester United
6539
Players are more careful especially in interventions after injuries.
02/03/2020
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I enjoyed watching Daniel Sturridge play for Liverpool and of course Chelsea. I still remember the equalizer goal he scored for Liverpool against his former team Chelsea in 2018, it was jaw-dropping. The article has really gotten my interest. I wish he comes back to play in the English Premier League before he retires. I am going to bookmark your blog and keep checking for new details every week.
Many Thanks!
02/03/2020 14:14
Chelsea
5
I enjoyed watching Daniel Sturridge play for Liverpool and of course Chelsea. I still remember the equalizer goal he scored for Liverpool against his former team Chelsea in 2018, it was jaw-dropping. The article has really gotten my interest. I wish he comes back to play in the English Premier League before he retires. I am going to bookmark your blog and keep checking for new details every week.
Many Thanks!
08/08/2016
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Eduardo Da Silva of arsenal in February 2008 suffered an injury an never continued with his footballing career.
08/08/2016 06:08
Manchester United
4779
Eduardo Da Silva of arsenal in February 2008 suffered an injury an never continued with his footballing career.
08/08/2016
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Not really suffered a bad injury
08/08/2016 06:01
Manchester United
4779
Not really suffered a bad injury
08/08/2016
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No there is a reduction in the efficiency of output by a recovered injured player
08/08/2016 05:49
Manchester United
4779
No there is a reduction in the efficiency of output by a recovered injured player
19/07/2016
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a lot of them in Algeria Rahim is one of the whole ...
19/07/2016 11:04
Manchester City
1734
a lot of them in Algeria Rahim is one of the whole ...
19/07/2016
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there are a lot of in Algeria as Rahim ...
19/07/2016 11:01
Manchester City
1734
there are a lot of in Algeria as Rahim ...
05/03/2016
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Umit Karan.
Uğur Boral.
Yes.2 years ago,my Achilles tendon ruptured.
05/03/2016 03:38
Leicester City
1761
Umit Karan.
Uğur Boral.
Yes.2 years ago,my Achilles tendon ruptured.
10/01/2016
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The player is never the same after the injury,Stramatchony an italian player has been injured and never played again.
10/01/2016 16:24
Liverpool
3705
The player is never the same after the injury,Stramatchony an italian player has been injured and never played again.
06/12/2015
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A player is never the same after a bad injury. Sometimes they recover but in many cases they don't. But Sturridge is a young player and I believe we'll witness his comeback this year. This is his first injury after all.
06/12/2015 15:06
Arsenal
3557
A player is never the same after a bad injury. Sometimes they recover but in many cases they don't. But Sturridge is a young player and I believe we'll witness his comeback this year. This is his first injury after all.
27/11/2015
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Of course injury is bad for a footballer, however, not every one affected with the same ratio from injury. It depends on the physical body structure and the therapy that is loaded to a player
27/11/2015 09:34
Arsenal
47
Of course injury is bad for a footballer, however, not every one affected with the same ratio from injury. It depends on the physical body structure and the therapy that is loaded to a player
23/11/2015
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It's always very sad to watch great players being affected by injuries. If my memory doesn't fail me, there was another article/section on this web site telling about how players perform after their recovery from injuries (Michael Owen, Gareth Bale, Sergio Aguero).
23/11/2015 12:08
Arsenal
2453
It's always very sad to watch great players being affected by injuries. If my memory doesn't fail me, there was another article/section on this web site telling about how players perform after their recovery from injuries (Michael Owen, Gareth Bale, Sergio Aguero).
19/11/2015
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I got a bad injury when I was 12 years old
19/11/2015 18:28
Arsenal
2320
I got a bad injury when I was 12 years old
24/10/2015
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all right!!!!! I'm Of +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
24/10/2015 03:16
Chelsea
1339
all right!!!!! I'm Of +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20/10/2015
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I can't open this page with one-two explanation.
20/10/2015 22:23
West Ham United
538
I can't open this page with one-two explanation.
21/10/2015
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Hi Rema - Rich had linked this article to a great website called SportsDefinitions, but it looks like their site is down. Until it comes back... A one-two is a quick one-touch pass and return move between two players.
21/10/2015 09:44
Arsenal
560
Hi Rema - Rich had linked this article to a great website called SportsDefinitions, but it looks like their site is down. Until it comes back... A one-two is a quick one-touch pass and return move between two players.
21/10/2015
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Thank Jack! I know what one-two mean but I want to read explanations from many resources. I found this definition: one-two is a passing move in which player 1 passes the football to player 2, who immediately passes it back to player 1(BBC).
21/10/2015 19:09
West Ham United
538
Thank Jack! I know what one-two mean but I want to read explanations from many resources. I found this definition: one-two is a passing move in which player 1 passes the football to player 2, who immediately passes it back to player 1(BBC).
23/11/2015
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Rema, I was also looking for the explanation of this expression. It's a very good and comprehensive definition you've found. Thank you!
23/11/2015 12:02
Arsenal
2453
Rema, I was also looking for the explanation of this expression. It's a very good and comprehensive definition you've found. Thank you!
08/10/2015
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Absolutely his career has been affected by injuries due to long stoppage from matches and training , Daniel is a creative and amazing man so i think his return back quickly .
i haven't suffer from bad injury .
08/10/2015 07:04
Arsenal
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Absolutely his career has been affected by injuries due to long stoppage from matches and training , Daniel is a creative and amazing man so i think his return back quickly .
i haven't suffer from bad injury .
05/10/2015
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Great player and you can see that he is hungry for playing football. Yesterday when I was watching match Everton against Liverpool I heard the phrase one-two. Yesterday Coutinho played wonderful one-two with Milner. Also commentators on the sky sport were mentioned about Sturridge and Coutinho played one-two which caused Sturridge to scoring .
05/10/2015 18:30
West Ham United
538
Great player and you can see that he is hungry for playing football. Yesterday when I was watching match Everton against Liverpool I heard the phrase one-two. Yesterday Coutinho played wonderful one-two with Milner. Also commentators on the sky sport were mentioned about Sturridge and Coutinho played one-two which caused Sturridge to scoring .
02/10/2015
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That's depends on the kind of injury .I think Sturridge is one of the best player in the Premier League and he is in the same excellent state .
02/10/2015 02:18
Manchester United
1308
That's depends on the kind of injury .I think Sturridge is one of the best player in the Premier League and he is in the same excellent state .
01/10/2015
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Some players are still the same after a bad injury. One of them is Sturridge for sure. But I know some players who couldn't reach their previous form after this awful experience. Among them are Fernando Torres and Radamel Falcao, both of them suffered a knee injury. I don't wish any football player a knee injury, it's one of the worst things which can happen in their career. For example Owen Hargreaves's career was ended by problems with his knees. I remember Dean Ashton who scored a beautiful bicycle kick goal against Man Utd. He was also forced to end his career because of ankle injury. When it comes to myself my worst injury was broken metatarsal bone and it happened when I was just 4 years old.
01/10/2015 22:30
Manchester United
146
Some players are still the same after a bad injury. One of them is Sturridge for sure. But I know some players who couldn't reach their previous form after this awful experience. Among them are Fernando Torres and Radamel Falcao, both of them suffered a knee injury. I don't wish any football player a knee injury, it's one of the worst things which can happen in their career. For example Owen Hargreaves's career was ended by problems with his knees. I remember Dean Ashton who scored a beautiful bicycle kick goal against Man Utd. He was also forced to end his career because of ankle injury. When it comes to myself my worst injury was broken metatarsal bone and it happened when I was just 4 years old.
01/10/2015
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I was certain that Player of the Week is going to be Daniel Sturridge. This guy is fantastic and makes the big difference, I would say he embellishes Liverpool's attack. Cooperation between him and Coutinho also looks promising. Daniel has been unlucky with injuries recently and I hope they are not going to haunt him anymore because The Reds and England national team really need him.
01/10/2015 22:19
Manchester United
146
I was certain that Player of the Week is going to be Daniel Sturridge. This guy is fantastic and makes the big difference, I would say he embellishes Liverpool's attack. Cooperation between him and Coutinho also looks promising. Daniel has been unlucky with injuries recently and I hope they are not going to haunt him anymore because The Reds and England national team really need him.
01/10/2015
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A player is never the same after an injury.That why some of them cry after beeing injuried.
01/10/2015 22:02
Manchester City
3988
A player is never the same after an injury.That why some of them cry after beeing injuried.
01/10/2015
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Daniel Sturridge is one of the best strikers in the Premier League, but he has had lots of problems with injuries
01/10/2015 20:34
Manchester United
1138
Daniel Sturridge is one of the best strikers in the Premier League, but he has had lots of problems with injuries