Excerpts from Steven Gerrard's autobiography - My Story

#2 Hidden rivalry between Suarez and Sturridge

Suarez and Sturridge shared 55 goals between them in 2013/14 season.

Steven Gerrard has come out and shared a hidden secret in the Liverpool dressing room about the rivalry existing between Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez, according to Mirror. The ‘SAS’ partnership proved to be a devastating attacking force for the Premier League clubs to deal with in the 2013/14 season - when the duo combined to score a total of 55 goals for Liverpool.

This was however short lived when the Uruguayan striker was sold to Barcelona for £75 million in the following season. The Kopites were devastated to see Suarez leave Anfield, but Gerrard has revealed that Sturridge may not have felt the same when his partner left for Nou Camp.

The former Liverpool captain has admitted the fact that there existed a simmering rivalry between the two forwards. While Suarez could be a generous teammate on the pitch, his generosity did not always extend to his strike partner

The excerpt goes: “On March 13, 2012 I scored a hat-trick at Anfield against Everton. It was the first hat-trick in 30 years of Merseyside derbies, since Ian Rush scored three at Goodison Park in 1982. It was made even better by the selfless magic Suarez sprinkled over me that night. Luis is no saint — and I’m not sure he would have done the same for Daniel Sturridge. There was always a little bit of needling rivalry between Sturridge and Suarez.”