Daniel Sturridge has thanked manager Brendan Rodgers for giving him the chance to prove himself at Liverpool.

The England international joined the Reds during the recent January transfer window from Chelsea, where he had struggled to break into the starting lineup on a regular basis.

"I'm very grateful - very grateful to the manager for giving me an opportunity. I was at Man City before Chelsea and everything was fine there, in fairness. I didn't have any problems, everything worked out, but I chose to leave because I didn't feel it was the best place for me to further my career," the 23-year-old told the club's official website.

"I moved on to Chelsea and had success. We won trophies and I have medals but in terms of my own individual ambitions, I didn't get to fulfil them. Hopefully here, now I'm at a club that believes in me with a manager who believes in me, I can give the fans something to smile about.

"I thank the manager for giving me the opportunity to get where I am today. My driving force isn't to prove people wrong."

Sturridge has scored five goals from his nine outings for the Reds.