Sturridge revealed: "Stevie was very nice to me and let me have the penalty. I guess he knew my pain and thought he would be kind to me.
"Before that, the 'keeper made some good saves and I was hitting the target. When you hit the target and the 'keeper saves it, there's nothing you can really do. The 'keeper did his job, I was doing my job - he got the better of me.
"So I was lucky that I got the penalty from Stevie and I'm happy that I put it away.
"He was asking Carra first, then I asked him. In the end, he let me have it and I thank him very much for giving me the opportunity to score another goal."
"Before that, the 'keeper made some good saves and I was hitting the target. When you hit the target and the 'keeper saves it, there's nothing you can really do. The 'keeper did his job, I was doing my job - he got the better of me.
"So I was lucky that I got the penalty from Stevie and I'm happy that I put it away.
"He was asking Carra first, then I asked him. In the end, he let me have it and I thank him very much for giving me the opportunity to score another goal."




Felt awful for him, his face was redder than his shirt afterwards.
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