England V Peru Film Focus Review: Sturridge Thrives When Given Liverpool Freedom

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Published: May 31, 2014

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England's final pre-World Cup friendly on home soil eventually went to plan, a comfortable 3-0 victory over Peru sending the Wembley crowd home happy and somewhat hopeful ahead of the challenges that lie in Brazil.

A dull opening half hour was blown away when Daniel Sturridge expertly fired into the top corner after accepting a throw-in from Liverpool teammate Glen Johnson and cutting inside from the right flank.

Two Leighton Baines' corners led to goals from the centre-back pairing of Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka in the second half, as England eased to a victory over their South American opponents.

What did they learn from their exercise, though? Here are a few points that Roy Hodgson will be considering:

 

Daniel Sturridge Needs to be Given His Liverpool Freedom to Thrive

Four of England's Liverpool contingent started the game at Wembley, with Raheem Sterling becoming the fifth Red to feature when he replaced Wayne Rooney in the 66th minute.

After Paul Scholes claimed that England need to be more like Liverpool to succeed in Brazil (BBC), one of the key features of their game here saw Sturridge being awarded the freedom which led to him scoring 24 goals for the Reds in all competitions in the season just gone.

Liverpool supporters would have recognised the goal that the forward scored here, as it mimicked one that he scored at the Kop end in a 2-1 win over Sunderland in late March as the Reds continued their challenge for the Premier League title.



With the likes of former England forward Gary Lineker leading the calls for Sturridge to be installed as the focal point of Hodgson's team—perhaps even at the expense of Wayne Rooney—the Liverpool forward must be full of confidence heading into what is his first major international tournament, and whilst he won’t have Luis Suarez alongside him here, he can thrive in his own righ...
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