Daniel Sturridge has insisted that he and Mario Balotelli can form an effective strike partnership at Liverpool, and that Reds fans will see the best of the Italian after he finally scored his first Premier League goal for the club.

Sturridge and Balotelli have only played once together for Liverpool, during a win at Tottenham Hotspur back in August, the team against whom Balotelli scored the winner at Anfield on Tuesday night.

Sturridge told the Liverpool Echo: "Of course we can get a good understanding going. I'd say I can play with any player not just Mario. Whatever team the manager chooses to put out I will do my best, whoever I have a partnership with.

"I try to adapt to whoever I am playing with and bring out the best in each other, and we click when we are playing together.

"It's not easy to settle into a new team, a new area, a new lifestyle, with different people around you and so on and so forth. People don't ever take that into account. I try to do my bit (to help him), although I'm not taking any credit for him scoring against Spurs – I'm just happy he did!"

After their win Liverpool are seventh in the Premier League, one point and one place behind Spurs.