A comfortable triumph for Liverpool was still coloring the atmosphere at Pirelli Stadium, before Daniel Sturridge pierced through it with his words. After coming off the bench to score twice in a 5-0 League Cup win over Burton Albion on August 23, 2016, the forward used the mixed zone as a podium to address his positioning.



In the previous fixture—a 2-0 defeat at Burnley in the Premier League—he had started on the right wing and was largely anonymous. Sturridge was a poster of frustration at Turf Moor, his presence no bother for a well-organized rearguard. Against Burton, however, he was his sharp self and remained cutting in the aftermath of his performance too.



“Everyone knows where I enjoy playing the most,” he said post-match. “I’m a player who plays on instinct, and in the middle I have clarity on movements and things that I have been doing for years. I am on autopilot there. You just do things because you are used to doing it.