The 26-year-old is making good progress as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury, but won't feature against Norwich on Saturday
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he won't rush Daniel Sturridge back after revealing the striker is making good progress as he recovers from a hamstring injury.
The England international has not featured for the club since the defeat at Newcastle at the start of December and has seen his rehabilitation interrupted by several setbacks.
The Reds want Sturridge to build up his strength and resistance by putting him through a mini pre-season, which has seen the forward finally come through a string of uninterrupted sessions this week.
Klopp said: “The last four days were really good and he could do what he had to do. In this moment he is in a good way, but still needs time. I can’t change it.
“So there’s nothing really new in this situation – it is training. But, to be honest, the last four days were good and hopefully he can do it like this for the next four or five days and then it will have been 10 days, which is better than only two.
“Then we have to see where he is and how the situation is, and we can hopefully decide if it’s time for him.”
Meanwhile, Adam Lallana is a doubt for Liverpool's Premier League clash at Norwich City on Saturday, after picking up a minor muscle injury.
“Adam Lallana is a little bit in doubt. He’s here and trained yesterday, but not normal training. He had a little issue but we have to see, we have to wait until training today to see.
“It was a little bit of a muscle [problem] only in the Manchester United game. Afterwards he needed a little bit longer to recover and now we have to see if we have enough time to bring him back.
“I think that’s the only new one. From the others, no players are back.”
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