Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is confident striker Daniel Sturridge will come through his difficult patch of form to be a better player despite failing to find the net in the Premier League so far this season.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of this weekend's match with West Brom, according to theTelegraph, Klopp acknowledged that the England star is having difficulty in front of goal at the moment - but insisted it was completely normal and every forward has a dry patch.
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Klopp pointed to the likes of Robert Lewandowski and German legend GerdMüller to emphasise his point, saying:It is a very useful moment in his career.A big name. [Robert] Lewandowski. There were times when he didn't score. Gerd Müller. There were games he didn't score. I still can't believe it. You look back on his career and he scored 600 times but there were moments when he didn't score.
This moment is a good moment for Dan. It is not easy. Most of his time in his life, football has been so easy because he is so skilled. The right moment, easy goal, simple goal. Every player struggles with this or this. Little problem here, little problem there.
"We had a game against Manchester United and, yes, it was not easy for him. We didn't play well, he didn't play with 100 per cent confidence.
Make a shooting exercise and there are still tears in your eyes when you see it and you are like ˜f---ing hell. That is unbelievable', but then you see the games. There are no easy one, two, three situations where he could have scored.�
Klopp has however chosen Sturridge's striking rival Roberto Firmino as the man who has scored his favourite goal of the season so far:(His) goal against Leicester was the goal of the season so far because it was the kind of movement that we have been working so hard on.
Then you see it come off “ especially from a striker who doesn't score enough for his self-understanding or in the public view. He makes this way, out of the box, to take two defenders with him and then it opens everything. It is a sign of development.�
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