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26th January 2017
11:14am GMT

"You could link him with (Sadio) Mane when he first came, because the whole point of buying him under Brendan Rodgers when I was at the club was he gave you penetration, he could run behind, he had pace."
Carragher also said that it looks as though Sturridge has lost his pace due to the number of injuries he has suffered in recent seasons.
"I don't know if his pace has completely gone, or whether he is that worried with injuries that he’s going to pull something.
"I remember Michael Owen being in a similar situation when he had a lot of hamstring injuries, it’s when he goes to take off – have the legs gone or your just worried about pulling something?
"He’s not the player to run in behind so forget replacing Mane it’s never going to happen - all he does is come to feet now."
The 27-year-old has scored an impressive 58 goals in 105 games for Liverpool.
However, Carragher said that Sturridge's ability to finish chances, which wasn't on display last night, is all he can currently offer Klopp's team.
https://youtu.be/rkujAYmfZfg?t=18m23s Liverpool fan on social media seemed to agree with Carragher: https://twitter.com/JamiecChand/status/824592307311747072 https://twitter.com/shaunstafford2/status/824545609189355520 https://twitter.com/KloppsLegion/status/824380896140808192 https://twitter.com/AllenCummings6/status/824509139258904576 https://twitter.com/DamoFlood32/status/824381132238192640 https://twitter.com/Garang06/status/824541182642573312 https://twitter.com/Steve_Macca1/status/824382202150535176"When he doesn’t score, you’re basically down to 10 men really, because they’re not offering anything else whatsoever.
"You look at his l record in terms of finishing its fan and his goal to game ratio but I’m talking about his pace and his overall game.
"When he doesn’t score, it's like playing with 10 men."
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