article_snippet: Daniel Sturridge has pulled out of the England squad as Daniel Sturridge injury curse struck yet again and problems threatened to mount for manager Roy Hodgson.
article_snippet: Daniel Sturridge reported for duty at St George's Park on Monday but did not train and had a scan in the evening which revealed a thigh problem which Daniel Sturridge sustained against Manchester United on Sunday.
article_snippet: Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of England's double header with Lithuania and Italy .
article_snippet: A FA statement said: 'Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has left the England squad and returned home to Daniel Sturridge club on Monday evening. '
article_snippet: This follows a scan on an injury that Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge sustained during Liverpool's game against Manchester United on Sunday. '
article_snippet: For Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge it is the latest in a sequence of fitness issues this season.
article_snippet: Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge was Hodgson's first-choice centre-forward at the World Cup last summer but missed five months of this season after pulling a thigh muscle during an England training session in September.
article_snippet: There was a blaze of controversy about whether Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge should have been resting or training on that particular day, followed by complications in Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge recovery process, none of which helped the relationship between club and country.
article_snippet: Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge then suffered with calf muscle injuries and was just getting back to Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge sharpest form when Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge hobbled out of Anfield with a stiff hip after scoring Liverpool's goal in a 2-1 defeat against Manchester United.
article_snippet: Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge will have missed seven England games since Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge last international appearance against Norway in September.
article_snippet: Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has not played for England since the autumn because of injury .
article_snippet: Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, however, will be wary of taking risks after a campaign already ruined by injuries and with the Anfield club locked in a fight for a top-four finish.
highlights_snippet: Daniel Sturridge returned home on Monday night because of hip injury .
  
highlights_snippet: Daniel Sturridge injured in Liverpool's defeat by Manchester United on Sunday .