Hear What Brendan Rogers is telling us Concerning Sturridge

The Liverpool boss Brendan Rogers has for a while now missed the impact of one of his best players, Daniel Sturridge.

Sturridge who scored his first goal after returning from injury last week against Westham is expected to start the Merseyside derby against Everton or next week against Tottenham.

Hear Rogers Speak to Guardian Sports:
"We want to make sure he is going to be available now for the rest of the season. If the timing is not quite right it can damage us and hurt us, but his appetite to play is there which is great. I need to speak with my staff and Daniel and make a decision. It is difficult because these are games that we want to win, they are not fitness games. We want to win football matches so it is hard if someone only needs 30 or 45 minutes. But he is not far away from starting."
"They are both very important games in different ways," he said. "It is a local derby and you want to win those. That is the only concentration but of course we want to win on Tuesday as well. If Daniel wasn't to start at Everton then he would be in with a great chance to start against Tottenham."