Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge will undergo fitness test ahead of West Brom game
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge will undergo a late fitness test ahead of Monday night's visit of West Brom, manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed.
Sturridge
pulled out of the England squad for the 2-1 friendly win over Brazil at Wembley in midweek after picking up a thigh injury against Manchester City
last weekend.
pulled out of the England squad for the 2-1 friendly win over Brazil at Wembley in midweek after picking up a thigh injury against Manchester City
last weekend.
Rodgers plans to leave it late before deciding whether the 23-year-old, who has scored four goals in six games since joining fromChelsea
at the beginning of January, is fit enough to feature against the Baggies.
at the beginning of January, is fit enough to feature against the Baggies.
He told Liverpool's
official website: "Daniel we're just monitoring over the next couple of days.
official website: "Daniel we're just monitoring over the next couple of days.
"It's not overly serious but we just need to assess to see where he's at. We'll see by Sunday."
Rodgers has confirmed one player who will be available for Monday night's encounter is 18-year-old winger Raheem Sterling, who sat out the England Under-21's win over Sweden
with a dead leg.
with a dead leg.
The manager also revealed he has no other fresh fitness concerns after the midweek international games.
"Raheem was on the field this morning so he'll be fine," he added. "Everyone else is fine."Daily Fotball News

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