John Aldridge is hopeful that fit-again Daniel Sturridge will help Liverpool revive their season.

Sturridge has endured a host of injury problems this term and manager Jurgen Klopp has dropped hints that he is not entirely impressed with the striker's efforts in his recovery process.

The 26-year-old is now finally believed to be on his way back to full fitness and although Reds legend Aldridge is optimistic, he is not putting all of his eggs in the England international's basket due to his constant fitness issues.

In his column for the Liverpool Echo, Aldridge stated: "Well, we've been here before haven't we? Daniel Sturridge is due to return to training this week and once again Liverpool are right back at square one – hoping he can come and save them.

"We had it all through last season, when he had setback after setback. We sat and we waited and we hoped, and it never really happened. Now, a year on we are in the same boat again. Liverpool have spent money, they've changed manager, they've looked for solutions but they haven't been able to fix the big problem. They can't score goals.

"Jurgen Klopp was right to say that, against Leicester, we had lots of the ball and lots of opportunities to make the right pass in and around the box which we didn't take. But is that a new problem? Absolutely not. It's been that way all season.

"After 24 league games, Liverpool have a negative goal difference. They don't create clear-cut chances, they don't stretch the game or threaten teams in behind, and they don't look like they believe in their ability to score goals and win games. With the exception of Norwich, which was a crazy game against a poor team, we have barely created anything of late. Sturridge, if he was to return at anything like his best level, would fix that. But how big is that 'if'?"