Brendan Rodgers is certainly heaping plenty of pressure on strikers Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge.
But I doubt it will affect the two’s burgeoning relationship.
Following their terrific double-act in Sunday’s 3-1 win at Sunderland, where Sturridge opened the scoring before setting up Suarez to score twice on his return from a 10-game ban, you can see why Liverpool’s manager is raving about their partnership.
“I am not sure there are two better in the league,” Rodgers said. “Those two are right up there with the best in the country and you saw that against Sunderland. Those two will only get better; you see the understanding. We have done a lot of work with them together in training. They looked very bright on Sunday.”
The Reds’ attacking duo have been in impressive form since January 2013, scoring 27 goals in 35 games between them in the Premier League. That makes them, by far, the most potent attacking partnership in England’s top-flight, and on Sunday the link up play between S.A.S (Suarez and Sturridge) was sublime.
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Both players are top quality strikers, with Sturridge stepping up to the plate in Suarez’s absence, and the Uruguayan forward has added an extra cutting edge since returning from his ban for biting Branislav Ivanovic at the back end of last season.
However, even though the numbers suggest so, are they really the top strike partnership in the Premier League?
I would still say Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney are ‘the’ top forward line. Yet after seeing Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo shine for Man City against United last week, those two could provide some stiff competition for that mantle. Elsewhere, obviously not too many teams play with two out-and-out strikers anymore, but Southampton’s pairing of Rickie Lambert and Daniel Osvaldo could be one to watch out for, as could West Brom’s new front pair of Stephane Sessegnon and Victor Anichebe. And if Fulham ever get their act together, Darren Bent and Dimitar Berbatov are two players who could click seamlessly into becoming a combined goalscoring machine.
There are other partnerships out there mentioning too, but do you think Suarez and Sturridge are the best the Premier League has to offer?
After Liverpool’s start to the season, they will need those two to keep banging in the goals in to sustain their lofty ambitions. S.A.S are key to their Champions League success, but best partnership in the league... I’m not so sure.