Daniel Sturridge Comments on Playing ‘Difficult’ Wide Role at Liverpool

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has suggested he is unhappy with being moved into a wide position this season but accepts he “has to do a job for the team.”

Per the Daily Mail’s Dominic King, the England international was asked if he was happy at being moved to the right flank in his first two outings this campaign. He replied: “Well, I have to do a job for the team. That’s not saying I am happy to do it. That’s saying I have got to do a job for the team. It’s a team game. If I’m put in that position, I have to play there.”

Sturridge took up the position in the 2-0 defeat to Burnley and was withdrawn after little more than an hour and came on as a substitute in the 5-0 thrashing of Burton Albion in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, again playing on the right and scoring twice.

The striker noted that despite his goals in the League Cup, the transition has not been easy thus far: 

Of course it’s more difficult for me to play wide. I’m a centre forward. In the modern day game, you have to try and be flexible but everyone knows my best position. Everyone knows where I enjoy playing the most. I just have to do a job for the team.

I’m a player who plays on instinct and in the middle I have clarity on movements and things that I have been doing for years. I am on autopilot there. You just do things because you are used to doing it. But when you are out wide, you have got to worry about different things. It’s just a …

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