Daniel Sturridge has claimed Chelsea did not have faith in his ability as a striker. Sturridge has also credited his consistent role as a central strike this season as the reason for his good form for Liverpool that has seen him score 28 goals in just 35 games since his transfer to Anfield in January 2013.

While at Chelsea Sturridge was often employed in a wider ole, rather than his regular central striking position. Speaking with the Anfield Wrap, Sturrdige said:

"I was never sure if I'd play as a striker [at Chelsea] because people didn't believe in me.

"I was often asked to play in a different position and to do a job for the team but, having been a striker and then being asked to just flick a switch and play on the wing was always going to be difficult because mentally you're going to play the way you always have and I play on instinct.

"I think that now I'm just playing the way that I did as a kid but I'd never had the chance to do that. When I was playing as a winger at Chelsea I was overthinking it because I wasn't used to doing it.

"It's about that split second when you have to decide whether you do this or do that whereas now I'm just playing on instinct.

"I'm just doing the natural thing, playing my natural game and doing things off the cuff. Like the goal against Aston Villa, it happened so fast that I had to watch a video of it afterwards to see what I'd done."