Sturridge set for scan on foot injury

“I love this game because you can win against better teams if you work better together than the other team, that’s what I really like and that’s why I love to be a manager and why I love this games”.

Bordeaux enter this match after a 2-2 draw in the league against Rennes away from home.

The finish turned out to be Liverpool’s winner as Jurgen Klopp’s side ran out 2-1 victors.

Liverpool make their return to European action on Thursday evening, knowing that a win over visiting Bordeaux would seal their place in the last 32 of the competition with a game to spare.

In Baku, Harry Kane fired Tottenham Hotspur into the knock-out stages of the Europa League as the Londoners finally overcame stubborn Group J underdogs Qarabag with a 1-0 win. By and large he was unsuccessful but the interview has helped cement his reputation as “the nicest man in Premier League Football”, says the Daily Telegraph.

Bordeaux FC’s manager Willy Sagnol will be without defenders Nicolas Pallois and Pablo, midfielder Gregory Sertic, and forward Thomas Toure.

However, the German said that is no guarantee Sturridge will get a run-out in Thursday’s Europa League tie at home to Bordeaux, with Klopp stressing the striker needs to be able to prove he won’t suffer any more injury breakdowns. “First of course because we have a small chance to qualify”. Neither Philippe Coutinho nor Roberto Firmino were involved for Brazil in the most recent worldwide break and both look refreshed from not doing so, although a minor strain picked up by Coutinho means he is likely to miss this match.

“We are in a good position at this moment but in football you solve one problem and the next second you have another one”, he said.

The striker will get the results of a scan on a foot injury this morning, and his manager said: “I don’t know too much about the situation because it was in the afternoon after training”. “I came here to be a leader and I still feel I can lead a team”. We have to learn how to handle this. We have in this team not the biggest experience of this.

It was Bordeaux’s first goal in England so we’re guessing they’re not quite as bothered about the circumstances as Liverpool fans were.