Jürgen on Daniel Sturridge, competition and Danny Ward

On Daniel Sturridge...

I always think about Daniel, even when he's not available. But he was and we decided for this game [against Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League] for Divock [Origi] and it was a good decision. His response was very good on the pitch and you saw immediately how strong he is and how good he is. That's very good for us and now he is rested. We will see. I don't tell you something about the line-up for tomorrow. Of course, he's involved in all my thoughts.  

I don't make decisions about who, was, when. How could I? There's no doubt about [the] quality of Daniel Sturridge, but how can he be in his absolutely 100 per cent best shape with these long breaks in between training and matches? Daniel is really doing well and had absolutely no problem when he saw he will not start [on Thursday]. There was nothing. He came in and did his job. In the first situation he could have scored and that's what Daniel is. There are a lot of strikers in the club and they all need confidence, trust and faith. I try to give it to all but I can't show it with line-ups in a row. I have to decide how I do it on each other position. That's all.

On the competition up front...

That's the best situation you can have. I don't think they [have a] challenge between them. They have all to be in the best shape and we have to bring the player or two of them [in]. Divock and Daniel played together in Southampton, it was not too bad to be honest. It works really good. You need more than one striker and if all strikers are fit - which wasn't the case most of the time - then most of the time you have to make decisions and that's about the plan for the match. The more players we have available, the better it is.

On not being able to record two successive wins at Anfield yet this season...

It's about the opponents and our situation. We have still the most games around and we have the injuries, so we don't have [a] free choice and say 'come on, these players are rested - let's bring them'. I think results are maybe not that consistent [but] the performances became more and more consistent. That's the first thing you have to do. It's all about the performance. The result is always a result of the performance and that's what we have to do all the time. We made big steps in the right direction but, obviously, the other teams come here and have another plan.

We have to react to this, but they [Stoke] had a week and we had two days [to prepare] - that's the biggest difference. That's why I said we will need the crowd 100 per cent - that's very important for us. We always try to win in a row all the time, that's what you can see hopefully and that's important. There's no comparison with the past and a few things [that] have never happened in the history of Liverpool. Hopefully, a few positive things happened in the history. We cannot always compare. We only have to go our way and we have to be perfectly prepared for each game. That's what we try to do and now we have this day left and do our best.

On Danny Ward...

We always have a look at him, in each training session. I'm always in talks with [goalkeeping coach] John Achterberg, so we will see what happens. Danny came here and we were full of confidence, that's right. There was no doubt in this moment [about] who is the better goalkeeper - Simon Mignolet is a really good goalkeeper. We had a few situations with different tournaments where we could've thought if we can change in this moment. But now it's not a situation where we think when we can give him a game.

He's a young lad and the most important thing for him is to train and become the best goalkeeper he can be - that's really important for him. At the end of his career, he will not think about the first few games he didn't have. We are quite sure about his potential and that's important. We will see what the future brings, but in this moment there's no discussion and no thinking about 'maybe this game he can have or this game'. [There are] a lot of things we have to think about really, but the most important thing is that he improves in all of his things. He's still a young player so there's a long way to go for him but he's in a good way.