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Ian Wright has suggested that Daniel Sturridge must be considering his future after being left on the bench again at Southampton.

He is entitled to his comments and Wrighty is a cracking fella but there is no way Liverpool can devalue their squad until the end of the season in my eyes.

You need backup if you’re going to have a serious go at the top four and possibly the league.

You have to have top players in your squad who can change games and he comes into that category.

The situation can easily change - a slight injury to a forward and all of a sudden Daniel is in the team and if he scores a few goals he can take on the mantle. That’s the way football is.

But you have to have cover so there is no way I think that Jurgen Klopp would let him go, personally - even if he wanted to go.

You can understand if Daniel is frustrated and he wants to play. But it doesn’t work like that. The club comes first and you have to be professional.

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He is probably gutted that he’s not playing but when you have a winning team you have to be patient and wait for your opportunity.

That’s how football is - Sturridge can’t start putting the cat among the pigeons and his comments in the papers have been right. He’s a team player and is doing all he can.

But if you have three players in front of you who are all scoring goals and playing really well then you can’t get a place - it’s as simple as that.

A good point gained - but it was still two dropped

It was a frustrating performance at Southampton on Saturday. I thought we played well and did more than enough win the game.

But unfortunately if you’re trying to compete with Manchester City and Chelsea you have to be clinical. We had a few big chances and we didn’t take them.

I thought Daniel Sturridge should have come on earlier - we needed a goal and it felt like only a mistake or a bit of genius was going to make it happen. He can provide that and 12 minutes wasn’t enough for him to have an impact.

I was looking at the three midfielders and thinking we needed to get an attacking force on if we want to win because they weren’t hurting us in any way. Sturridge did well when he came on and I think he could have made the difference if he came on with 20 to 30 minutes to go.

More than anything else, what makes the result more disappointing is that Chelsea went to Southampton three weeks ago and won 2-0 and we didn’t.

Saints are a decent side and to go there and get a point is not bad - St Mary’s is a tough place to go as we’ve found out in the past and at the end of the season we may look back and think it’s a really good point.

But I think it’s two points dropped if I’m honest.

Welcome Mat, happy Dej

Joel Matip has been excellent since he came to Liverpool and he was very good again on Saturday. He just calms things down and is having a big influence. On the ball he is brilliant and in the air he is excellent.

He and Lovren have got a good partnership going.

Dejan got a hostile reception on Saturday but he ignored it. He played really well and that’s what you want to see. He has nothing to prove.

Teams do what Southampton tried all the time - they used a defensive set up and tried to hit us on the break and take all three points. But we got a clean sheet and I thought we defended really well.

Beware the Black Cats

At the end of the season we will know if Liverpool have solved their problem of dropping points against the teams at the lower end of the table.

I certainly hope they have but Sunderland travel to Anfield on the weekend on the back of two wins on the bounce.

They will be revitalised and have a bit more belief so it won’t be as easy as perhaps it was a month or two ago.

But we have just got to do what we’re good at.

Lallana will probably be missing again I think Daniel Sturridge could be the solution - we are at home and I think he will get the nod.