{"id":7634,"date":"2026-06-08T09:58:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:58:55","slug":"liverpools-greatest-no-79-daniel-sturridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=7634","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Greatest &#8211; No.79: Daniel Sturridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Injuries meant he unfortunately never hit the same heights in the following seasons, but Sturridge remained an important member of the squad when it was transitioning under Klopp. <\/p>\n<p>Having delivered invaluable contributions on the road to the Europa League final in 2015-16, the No.15 scored a contender for the best \u2018lost\u2019 goal in Liverpool\u2019s history in that showpiece defeat by Sevilla.<\/p>\n<p>A new attack was being formed, which gradually saw Sturridge take up the role of more-than-able back-up.<\/p>\n<p>His talent would still be felt in matches, especially during his final season as a Liverpool player when he signed off by lifting the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Sturridge\u2019s 27 appearances in the 2018-19 term included a stunning equaliser at Chelsea and a clinical header in a classic with Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p>He left knowing his role in the club\u2019s return to the summit of European football was a vital one. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c(It was) something so momentous and something we were striving and working for, for a long time,\u201d he said at the time of his departure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Injuries meant he unfortunately never hit the same heights in the following seasons, but Sturridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}