Sturridge nine games in the Premier League last season due to injury and has missed six games this season lost; should not return until mid-November, after the problems of the thigh and calf. Liverpool won just two of six games in his absence and Rodgers admits that the lack of a consistent club career has stalled Sturridge. "It will not be a top European striker until he always plays," Rodgers said. "Regardless of the potential. You have to play. When Daniel returns to the computer, you see the trust because of the movement and dynamics." But he is not in shape and was not for long. We just have to work without it, and while we do that, and stayed around the top end of the table