Month: June 2014

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard believes the club might as well be ruing a moment of madness when they sold Daniel Sturridge to Liverpool.

The striker moved to the Premier League rivals in the January transfer window in 2013 for a fee reported to be around £ 12 million after becoming disillusioned at the lack of playing time at Stamford Bridge as well as being played out of position when given a chance.

But the 24 year old has been a revelation at Anfield since then, scoring 31 goals in just 43 matches for the Reds in one and half seasons.

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard believes the club might as well be ruing a moment of madness when they sold Daniel Sturridge to Liverpool.

The striker moved to the Premier League rivals in the January transfer window in 2013 for a fee reported to be around £ 12 million after becoming disillusioned at the lack of playing time at Stamford Bridge as well as being played out of position when given a chance.

But the 24 year old has been a revelation at Anfield since then, scoring 31 goals in just 43 matches for the Reds in one and half seasons.

Lampard believes it a huge judgmental error from Chelsea, with whom he recently ended a thirteen year long association, and believes this error of judgment is sure to benefit England at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.

Lampard stated that he feels pleased for Daniel Sturridge because he knows he grew frustrated at the lack of playing time given to him at the club when he believed he deserved some more time.

The England veteran added that the youngster felt that he was not being played in a position where he could contribute from and it turned out to be a good move for him when he went to Liverpool. Lampard went on to add that as an individual as well as for Liverpool, it was a great move as the player has gone from strength to strength as time has passed.

Daniel Sturridge is expected to lead the line for Roy Hodgson and England at the World Cup as he looks to freshen things up and give him an option apart from the on and off Wayne Rooney and with the kind of form that he is in, Sturridge could hold the key for England as they bid to progress from a difficult group.

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has come out with an apology to the fans after his team failed to win the league title. Liverpool came very close to winning the league title, which would be their first since 1990. However, a defeat against Chelsea and a 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace effectively ended their hopes of a title. It was confirmed after Manchester city lifted the crown following a 2-0 win over West Ham. Liverpool went into the final match of the season against Newcastle with only a slim hope of winning the title. It soon went away after the news came through that Nasri had scored for City.

Some Liverpool players have taken consolation with the fact that they have managed to finish second in the table. This position also means that they will go straight into the Champions League group stages. This was the mission of this team at the start of the season. They had finished in seventh and eighth places in the last two campaigns. This was the closest the club had come to winning the first league title in 24 years. They finished second in the 2008-09 season, but the title race was over several matches before the end of the season in that instance.

Sturridge finished the season as the second-highest scorer in the division.

“I know we set the target of reaching the Champions League but I can’t stand here and say I’m happy. I am gutted. I know we’ve gone from seventh to second but I am never happy coming second no matter what I’m playing, whether it’s table tennis, cricket or whatever, I don’t like losing. I’ll do everything in my power, just like my team-mates will, to try to ensure we do that for them next season,” said the England international.