Daniel Sturridge was forced to apologise to Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and the Anfield crowd after marring a match-winning performance with a show of petulance.
Liverpool’s England striker destroyed Everton with two first-half goals but spurned the chance of a hat-trick by blazing a 54th-minute penalty over the bar. When he was substituted soon after, he appeared to speak out of turn to Rodgers, who promptly brought him into line with a stern rebuke that stopped him in his tracks.
‘I want to apologise for my reaction,’ he told BT Sport. ‘It was just disappointment after missing the penalty, but I let myself down and the fans. I apologise if it caused anyone any offence.
‘I didn't react in any way (to Rodgers) when I came off, I was just disappointed in how I took the penalty. But it's not about myself. It's about the boys in the team.’
After revealing Sturridge had said sorry to his team-mates in the dressing room, Rodgers made it clear he had given his in-form frontrunner a reminder of how he expects Liverpool players to conduct themselves.
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