Daniel Sturridge has pulled out of the England squad as his injury curse struck yet again and problems threatened to mount for manager Roy Hodgson . 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 he sustained against Manchester United on Sunday . The 25-year-old striker returned home on Monday night , the second Liverpool player to withdraw from international duty on the day , Adam Lallana was also forced out with a groin injury and was replaced by uncapped Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason . Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of England 's double header with Lithuania and Italy . The Liverpool striker picked up a hip injury in Sunday 's defeat by Manchester United . Goalkeepers . Jack Butland , Robert Green , Joe Hart . Defenders . Danny Rose , Chris Smalling , Kyle Walker , Nathaniel Clyne , Phil Jones , Kieran Gibbs , Leighton Baines , Phil Jagielka , Gary Cahill . Midfielders . Michael Carrick , Theo Walcott , Ross Barkley , Fabian Delph , Jordan Henderson , James Milner , Raheem Sterling , Ryan Mason , Andros Townsend . Forwards . Danny Welbeck , Wayne Rooney , Harry Kane . They will miss a Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley on Friday and a friendly against Italy in Turin on Tuesday . A FA statement said : 'Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has left the England squad and returned home to his club on Monday evening . 'This follows a scan on an injury that he sustained during Liverpool 's game against Manchester United on Sunday . 'The England medical team took the decision on Monday evening having assessed Daniel following the squad 's arrival at St. George 's Park on Monday afternoon . ' For Sturridge it is the latest in a sequence of fitness issues this season . He 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 . There was a blaze of controversy about whether he should have been resting or training on that particular day , followed by complications in his recovery process , none of which helped the relationship between club and country . Sturridge then suffered with calf muscle injuries and was just getting back to his sharpest form when he hobbled out of Anfield with a stiff hip after scoring Liverpool 's goal in a 2-1 defeat against Manchester United . He will have missed seven England games since his last international appearance against Norway in September . Sturridge has not played for England since the autumn because of injury . Harry Kane could be in line to make his debut for England against Lithuania . August 2012 - Toe injury . February 2013- Thigh injury . September 2013 - Thigh injury . September 2014 - Thigh injury . October 2014 - Thigh injury . 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 . Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck are available for Hodgson but Sturridge 's exit boost Kane 's chances of making his senior debut against Lithuania on Friday . There may also be the chance of a call-up for QPR 's Charlie Austin , or promotion from the Under 21s for Burnley 's Danny Ings . Kane , 21 , is in the midst of a remarkable season and took his goal tally to 29 with a hat-trick against Leicester on Saturday , but a club-v-country issue is brewing around him because England want him for the European U21 Championships , in June , while Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino thinks he needs a month of complete rest at the end of the season . England are set to train at Tottenham on Thursday and Pochettino plans to be on site . Raheem Sterling arrived at St George 's Park nursing a toe injury which may limit his involvement over the two England games – he is one of the players who may be released after the Lithuania qualifier . Fabian Delph was also missing from the camp on Monday . Aston Villa midfielder Delph was ill and stayed at home but hopes to join the squad later this week . Luke Shaw and Fraser Forster were in Hodgson 's original squad but pulled out with injuries , prompting call-ups for Danny Rose and Robert Green . Another important Liverpool player , goalkeeper Simon Mignolet , is doubtful for Belgium after picking an ankle injury in a collision with Rooney on Sunday .
Daniel Sturridge returned home on Monday night because of hip injury . The St George 's striker had a scan after reporting for duty at England Park . Sturridge injured in Liverpool 's defeat by Manchester United on Sunday .