The best EPL striking partnerships - Who's the best of them all?

2) Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge

Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge

Many, including this writer, feel that we have not seen the best from this pair, owing to them not having had the opportunity to play together in that many games. Suarez’s bite on Branislav Ivanovi?’s arm last season got him a 10 match ban, the comeback of which he made in Liverpool’s loss against Manchester United in the Capital One Cup match at Old Trafford.

In their first Premier League start this season, Suarez and Sturridge combined to show the Anfield faithful just what they had been missing the last 10 games. In the match versus Sunderland at the Stadium of Light Suarez scored two, one of which was set up by Sturridge, who himself scored one.

Their partnership was at its finest, with both the players displaying the hunger for goals that is expected of any good striker. Both Suarez and Sturridge are similar type of players, with both having the penchant of dribbling past defenders in the final third, using exquisite footwork and balance. They also posses the ability to score from unlikely scenarios, as displayed by Sturridge when he found the net against Villa from a tight angle.

Suarez and Sturridge seem to be on the same wavelength when it comes to positional play too, as they find each other with clever passes and can make good approximations of where the other is without having clear line of sight. On the negative side, both of them have a proclivity of going down too easily under minimal contact and, in some cases, no contact at all. This lack of sportsman-like behaviour has seen both players coming under heavy fire from many sections of the footballing community. If both Suarez and Sturridge can clean up their acts with respect to diving, Liverpool will have a genuine chance of going for the title this season.