They booed Daniel Sturridge when he came on with four minutes remaining, more out of a sense of tradition than any real contempt for their former Chelsea forward who is an afterthought for the home fans at Stamford Bridge these days, although, it should be said, not on this occasion. His equaliser was a magnificent goal, the kind of strike from distance of a still ball that would have been impossible for any goalkeeper to save, even Kepa Arrizabalaga, the world’s most expensive, and after an evening of near-misses Liverpool finally had their goal. Sturridge was the club’s leading striker when Jurgen Klopp arrived at Anfield and while these days he is not even in the top four, there are times when he can still make his presence felt. His previous outing at Stamford Bridge was on loan at West Bromwich Albion in February when he lasted just four minutes before being substituted with an injury that would keep him out for another month. This time he was on the same pitch for four of the regulation 90 minutes and ended up stealing the show, even from Eden Hazard, the little maestro who scored his sixth league goal of the season. This was Sturridge’s second league goal of the season, and while he has been well and truly eclipsed by the famous front three of Liverpool who have come to prominence in the last 12 months this was a glimmer of what he could once do and may yet do so again. He has lost his place in the England team in the four years since his best season in a Liverpool shirt, and perhaps it is the quality of moments like these that just add to the frustration of what might have been. About 20 minutes earlier, Mohamed Salah had been summoned to the bench to be replaced by Xherdan Shaqiri and last season’s Premier League top goalscorer did not look happy about it. Klopp was clear that he was glad his striker was still being decisive but also that Salah had to accept these difficult games when the ball would not go in.<doc-sep>Chelsea appeared to have bagged three points against Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday but Reds striker Daniel Sturridge had other plans. The former Chelsea striker stepped up with an unreal curling shot to rescue a point for Liverpool. With just two minutes to play in regulation time, Daniel Sturridge curled a long left-footed shot underneath the crossbar and past the outstretched arm of a diving Kepa Arrizabalaga. After Sturridge's goal, Twitter was left in disbelief. Daniel Sturridge goal was bae. Too many wasteful chances for Liverpool. Chelsea can't do without Hazard - too bad. Finally, Alison is better off than Keppa. Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool pic.twitter.com/W2NrFIIDLx — Frankie Ifop (@frankieifop) September 29, 2018 That's how you beat the world's most expensive goalKepa Daniel Sturridge back to his best. #LFC #EPL pic.twitter.com/gqCI4IYS8k — Babudinho (@NewBabooTimes) September 30, 2018 Sturridge's thunderbolt still in my head — Ahsan malik (@chitachaunsa) September 30, 2018 Daniel Sturridge is the 7th player to score 50 PL goals for Liverpool 128 R.Fowler 120 S.Gerrard 118 M.Owen 69 L.Suarez 65 F.Torres 51 D.Kuyt 50 D.Sturridge pic.twitter.com/990XLq8QJO — Ben (@DanceSturridge) September 30, 2018 "The rent boys sold the lad to us, Sturridge, Sturridge, They said he wasn't good enough, Sturridge, Sturridge, He comes to us he scores for fun, when chances come he needs just one, Daniel Sturridge, He dances when he scores!" Absolute thing of beauty that! #LFC — Manish Srivastava (@srivastavm) September 30, 2018 Rewatched the Sturridge goal about 20 times. Jorginho falling to his knees in agony as it gets postage stamped is brilliant. — D (@lfcmn86) September 30, 2018 Chelsea had taken the lead over Liverpool in the 25th minute courtesy an Eden Hazard goal, but Liverpool had golden chances to score at least three or four goals throughout the game. Chelsea defenders cleared the ball off the line twice, and new siginng Xherdan Shaqiri had a glorious chance to score in the 70th minute. Chelsea are just two points back in third and showed their own title credentials by continuing an unbeaten start under Maurizio Sarri with an impressive defensive display complemented by Hazard's class at the other end of the field. Both sides were back to full strength after Sarri and Klopp made eight changes for the League Cup between the pair. Promoted Salah was back for Liverpool after being crowned the third best player in the world for the past year by FIFA on Monday. With the draw and a point each for Chelsea and Liverpool, Manchester City moved to the top spot in the Premier League table on 19 points after their win over Brighton. City moved ahead of Liverpool in second on goal difference.<doc-sep>Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge has revealed why he didn’t celebrate his late leveller against Chelsea and also heaped praise on goalkeeper Alisson Becker for his display at Stamford Bridge, the Birmingham Mail report. The 29-year-old was introduced by Jurgen Klopp in the 86th minute and struck instantly, curling an effort over Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga in his only involvement, securing the Reds a 1-1 draw. However, despite scoring in the dying moments in front of the travelling supporters, Sturridge, who scored in the week against Chelsea, didn’t celebrate his effort like he did in the week. Talking to the club website, Sturridge admitted that his cousin, who is a Chelsea supporter, gave him some stick for the way he celebrated his scissor kick in the Carabao Cup. The former Chelsea striker then revealed that he didn’t want to celebrate due to having a lot of respect for everyone at Stamford Bridge, admitting he may have over reacted on Wednesday night. It felt great. My cousin gave me some stick the other day for celebrating against Chelsea because he’s a Chelsea fan. I think in the moment like the other night I got excited and celebrated. Obviously I’ve played for this club and achieved stuff with them and got a lot of respect for the players, staff and everything, so I didn’t want to celebrate today. But it’s a great feeling to help get a result for the team. The English international, who has now scored in his last three appearances for the Reds, was also quick to praise Alisson after another impressive performance from the Brazilian. Top drawer. He had a great game.<doc-sep>
Daniel Sturridge hailed the "world class" qualities of Alisson Becker after Liverpool's dramatic 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The Reds frontman earned Jurgen Klopp's side a point with a stunning late strike but admitted they were indebted to the brilliance of the £65million keeper, who made crucial saves from Willian and Eden Hazard. “Top drawer," was Sturridge assessment of the Brazilian's performance. "He had a great game. He was unfortunate not to get a clean sheet but he’s a world-class goalkeeper, as is Si (Mignolet). “We’ve got some good young goalkeepers at the club too but he’s showing his qualities and it was just important to keep going. “Our defence have been really good also and they have had a lot of clean sheets so far this season, and they will be upset they haven’t got one today but I think all in all it’s probably a fair result.” Sturridge's curling 25-yarder a minute from time cancelled out Hazard's opener. He had struck the bar with a similar effort against his former club in the Carabao Cup three days earlier but this time his technique was exquisite. "It was just trying to get into that position, to get on the ball and players like Shaq (Xherdan Shaqiri) always play it forward as much as possible, so I just tried to create myself as much time as possible," he told Liverpoolfc.com "I saw Kante coming and took one touch and didn’t think about it too much and just took the shot on. "It felt great. My cousin gave me some stick the other day for celebrating against Chelsea because he’s a Chelsea fan. I think in the moment like the other night I got excited and celebrated. “Obviously I’ve played for this club and achieved stuff with them and got a lot of respect for the players, staff and everything, so I didn’t want to celebrate today. “But it’s a great feeling to help get a result for the team. We deserved a draw, the bare minimum, because we played well, had a lot of chances in the first half and a couple in the second as well, so I think we got what we deserved in the end. “Every point counts in the Premier League. It’s a long season so we just have to stay focused.”