Sturridge’s glass half-empty
DANIEL STURRIDGE showed he still has plenty to offer Jurgen Klopp but he spurned two glorious chances that would have avoided a nervy finish for Liverpool. Fifteen minutes before Sturridge opened the scoring, Klopp was up on his feet relaying instructions to his centre forward. Spotting that the Paris Saint-Germain centre halves Thiago Silva and Presnel Kimpembe were positioned too far apart, Klopp gestured to Sturridge to keep making runs in between them. That is exactly how he put Liverpool 1-0 up on the half-hour. With the centre backs already stretched following Trent Alexander-Arnold’s brilliant cross from the right, Sturridge nipped in between them to meet Andrew Robertson’s delivery from the left. PSG should have been prepared for a barrage of crosses from Liverpool’s full backs. Instead, Silva and Kimpembe kept leaving a huge gap for Liverpool to repeatedly exploit. Sturridge really should have finished the night with a hat-trick. In the second half, his poor touch saw him foul PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola when he could well have finished first time. Minutes later, he should have buried another header. There were positive signs from Sturridge but Roberto Firmino proved why he is still Klopp’s No1 centre forward with his ruthless winner.