Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has no doubts about the quality of Danny Sturridge.

He has no qualms about Sturridge's ability to perform at a consistently high level.

The boss said: "The success for Daniel will be making sure we can get him out on the training field every day, and once he does that he's ready and prepared fully for the games.

"He's only been here a short time, but in the times he has trained and then gone out and played, he's shown he is one of the top strikers in the country.

"We're hoping we can maintain that training mentality. When he takes that into the games, he's a real, real threat for us."