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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp speaks out on Daniel Sturridge injury
DANIEL STURRIDGE's bid to launch his latest comeback for Liverpool has been aborted after Jurgen Klopp flexed his authority.
Jurgen Klopp has urged Daniel Sturridge to be patient in his latest comeback from injury
Klopp told the forward he must instead continue with an intensive training regime in an attempt to overcome persistent injury problems because the club "had tried everything else" to keep him fit.
Sturridge has been out with a hamstring injury but tweeted he was "good to go" after watching the 1-0 win over league leaders Leicester.
However Klopp, for whom Sturridge has played just 106 minutes, said: "This is absolutely the same thing that Daniel said four weeks ago, and we let him play and he was injured again.